House Name

[waterbitch]

Just bought a new home,but don't like the present name (can't even pronounce it) is it ok just to change the name to one we do like? there is no name on the deeds we have just received, just the number and address.
Thanks in advance.

[murraymints]

yup..your house !!

[Cloverjo]

When my auntie moved house, she took the name sign with her and put it on her new house. The people who bought her old one renamed it. No bother, especially as your house has a number anyway. It might get a bit difficult if you were in a road full of houses with names only and no numbers.

[HansUrbancka]

As murraymints has said..."yup..your house".......However you will have to get approval from your local Authority.

Click the following for further info :-

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5120750_change-house-name.html

Hans.

[waterbitch]

many thanks to you all.may just change it and wait for the moans

[ladybirder]

You do need to tell the local authority as I had to when I did the same. No problem though. It's better to make the phone call than risk any hassle.

[bhg481]

Letting the Post Office know might be a good idea too.

[KARL]

While bowing to better knowledge, it would truly surprise me if, with a house which has a number-and-street designation, a "name" had any official significance at all - the record at the local council, the registry, and therefore also as a postal address, depends entirely on the street address and any name would be a matter of personal choice. We bought a property which, before a street address was established for it, was known by a name and the owner had been there both before and after so continued using it - we dropped it and I doubt if anyone ever noticed.

Of course, properties where no street address exists are a totally different matter - the names are all that identifies and distinguishes them one from another.

[atalanta]

When I moved into my present house, it bore the name of a woman I used to know whom I couldn't stand. (She had been vilely spiteful about a friend of mine - I'll tell you what she said if you really want to know)
I turned the board over and painted a new name on the other side. Nobody but me either noticed or cared. Probably because the old name had never been entered in any records, such as local council, and the number had always been the identification which mattered anyway.

[Tuvok]

I remember reading about someone who for a laugh changed the name sign on a friends house when they were in holiday.

Their friend would have seen the joke if it had not been that the OS updated their maps just after the name was changed and they wouldn't change it again until the next update!

[hc4361]

If the name is not on the 'deeds' and has a number, it can be changed to another name or replaced entirely.

Is it called Llados, by any chance?

[cupotee2]

My late inlaws named their house Ersanmine. Not sure if the present owners use the name now.

[Bumblebee1612]

Do a Google search in your local area to check that the name is not already being used. There are 3 houses with my house name within 2 miles and although post is addressed correctly, we still receive each other's mail. In fact, I have written to Royal Mail today as I missed an appointment this morning as the notification went round the houses.
I don't know if it is still necessary, but years ago you would have to seek permission from the post office (now Royal Mail) before you could use/amend a house name.

[hc4361]

The general rule for naming your home is as follows: If your property has already been designated a number, you must display the house number clearly within the boundary of the property and always use the house number in your address line. You can then also choose to use any house name you like without notifying the the post office or local council as long as you use your house number in your address line.

[hc4361]

If your property already has an existing house name and NO house number allocated and you wish to change the name of the property, permission must be sought from the Post Office and Your Local Council first. - You will also need to notify your local council of your intention of changing the house name in writing before you can use the new house name for your address

http://www.yoursigns.co.uk/housenames-rules.html

[waterbitch]

well that was interesting reading,every one has been really helpful and as we have a number will change the name.Can't even pronounce the current name and do not think it has any historical bearing even tho a v old house,again ,many thanks.Oh and it isn't lamedos,that's a brothers boat name tho.