Changing the house number from 13.

Jemma01

Thought superstition was dead

horsewithnoname

Jemma01 said:

Thought superstition was dead

Christian religion is on the decline, but there’s still enough people who believe in such nonsense that originated from it. 

Herzlos

Ravs2019 said:

I have recently come across a property which is No. 13.  Soon after giving the offer, I realized it's considered unlucky and quite cheaper than usually market price. Now seller is not ready to negotiate.

That it took you some time after viewing and offering to realize shows how little of an issue it is.

Some folk will avoid 13's, some will seek them out, most folk won't care.

If you change it to a name or 12B you're just going to cause problems getting deliveries.

If you don't want to live in a 13, rescind the offer and find somwhere else. You're not going to get a deeper discount on it. The seller is more likely to think you're an idiot and find a better buyer.

JosephK

Of course number 13 isn't a problem - just don't go down into the cellar 

lincroft1710

LHW99 said:

unforeseen said:

lincroft1710 said:

My grandparents lived at No. 15, adjoining No.11 , so should really have been No. 13. But the first house (and building for that matter) on their side of the street was actually No. 9. So back in the early 1930s some developers clearly didn't want to use No 13. But plenty of No. 13s in existence

The close I live in doesn't have a no. 13. There again all the houses have odd numbers. Fifteen house numbered 1 to 31

The road I grew up in had only even numbers. No problems with No. 13 there!

The street I grew up in also didn't have a No.13, as the first house (ours) was No.28. But there were 13 houses on the opposite side of the street. It took 80 years for houses to be built on the allotment/garden land before ours and then the earliest number was still 20 something.

Martyn_H

We're at no 38, my MiL is at no 38, my friend is at no 38. Something very odd is going on.

freesha

No 13 on my road. Jumps from 12 to 14.

youth_leader

I'm no 13 and do think this bungalow is cursed.  I've now got a wasp's nest in the bush by the bedroom window  

horsewithnoname

youth_leader said:

I'm no 13 and do think this bungalow is cursed.  I've now got a wasp's nest in the bush by the bedroom window  

I had a wasp nest in my bathroom ceiling. Not at number 13. Gosh how to explain it 🙄

youth_leader

ha ha @horsewithnoname - I forgot people don't know the history, lots of baaad things have happened here!  I think it's just me being unlucky really, I got Covid for the first time ever on my very expensive bucket list trip to NZ, spent four days on my own wandering around Queenstown.