Putting in address where last house on cul de sac

veryangryman

Checking for an address that is on a dead end. However, google maps doesnt give this as an address. There is another house called House X.

Would the postman settle for

a) "House at end of road beside House X"

or

b) The co-ordinates of the house?

Need to send a letter to it and eonder what the official line is to do such things.

Yi Harr

Given An Post have had to deal with this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33046605

I'd say you'd be safe to address it to 'the house on the left handside of House X'.

Ruu

No bother.

Arsemageddon

Reminds me of the story about a certain Sunday Game pundit receiving a letter objecting to his forthright post match analysis. It was addressed and delivered to -

Pat 'The B0llocks' Spillane
Co. Kerry

Teyla Emmagan

A friend of mine successfully received a letter addressed to 'Sarah Gilly in the house on the hilly, Enniskerry' before.

Mr_Muffin

It's 2015 and people are still using the postal system?

libelula

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

It's 2015 and people are still using the postal system?

Yeah. We still have tangible objects these days.

eeguy

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

It's 2015 and people are still using the postal system?

How else would we get all the stuff bought on the internet?

rubadub

I would sketch a little drawing of the street on the bag and highlight it. And have a note on the front to check the back.

Do you know the name of those who live there? postman should recognise that.

Ruu

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

It's 2015 and people are still using the postal system?

I know, bloody peasants!

pickarooney

Ruu wrote: »

No bother.

Is this a cunning pun on the Ulster pronunciation of this as 'neighbour' ?

pickarooney

Yi Harr wrote: »

Given An Post have had to deal with this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33046605

I'd say you'd be safe to address it to 'the house on the left handside of House X'.

Their failure to deliver to the metalman brewer in unit 14, Tycor business centre en Wterford is a black mark.

Ethel

If the name is official it stands a better chance I suppose on land registry. Maybe it can be of assistance to you?

I do hope its not an AngryMan letter you wish to send

Generic Dreadhead

eeguy wrote: »

How else would we get all the stuff bought on the internet?

Just download them like Max in Willy Wonkas Chocolate Factory

jester77

Can you not just add 1 to the number of house X? I'm sure the postman will figure that out.

veryangryman

jester77 wrote: »

Can you not just add 1 to the number of house X? I'm sure the postman will figure that out.

House X doesnt have a number

Riesen_Meal

veryangryman wrote: »

House X doesnt have a number

Some say it isn't a house at all....

Senna

When I moved into my house, I put the address on it and then directions to my house.
Postman said he would have never known I was there unless I sent that letter.

SirLemonhead

eeguy wrote: »

How else would we get all the stuff bought on the internet?

Through the computer, like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3tx3IEsN4

joegriffinjnr

You put an A after the number of the house next door. If next door is number 5 you will be 5A.

pickarooney

veryangryman wrote: »

House X doesnt have a number

hope the postie is good at algebra

joegriffinjnr

If the house next door does not have a number, you can choose a name for yours.

Depraved

This thread just made me realise something. On the street where I live in Pasig City, Manila, there are no house numbers. At least I've never seen any on the houses or businesses.

And that made me realise that I haven't seen a single post office in the last 6-7 months I've been here. So I just checked the Post Office's website to search for locations. There are 3...yes 3 post offices in the entire city, with a population of 800,000.

Erm, so I'll ask some of the locals how they handled addressing without house numbers and get back later with some suggestions.

YFlyer

eeguy wrote: »

How else would we get all the stuff bought on the internet?

3D printer.

blade1

Why don't you put a name on the house?
Then contact post office or postman and explain.

Samaris

If you're sending it to that house, so it's not your house, can you not ring up whoever it is that lives there (as I assume you know them!) and ask how their address works for post?

If House X doesn't have a number, as you said, then "House beside House X" should do it.

Reminds me of an anecdote by Bill Bryson about someone sending a letter to

Hill
James
Mass

and it being delivered when some crossword genius in the post office worked it out as "James Underhill, Andover, Mass. Not sure I'd want to rely on just the name and the town, mind you, even if it was as unusual a name as Underhill!

jester77

veryangryman wrote: »

House X doesnt have a number

His does that work? If new tenants move in, how does the postman get their mail to them?

veryangryman

jester77 wrote: »

His does that work? If new tenants move in, how does the postman get their mail to them?

I assume the house has a name (but the name is not mentioned on the house).

The postman would probably know the area i guess. One townland, the address is "Mr X House, SomeTown"

rubadub

If its next in line at the end of the road it will be House Y
:pac:

kfallon

The postman will know, just be as concise as possible:

Yer man, ah you know him, him with the head,
Next door to the fella married to the quare wan,
There's a tree outside the driveway,
About 4 doors up from all them young wan nurses in the same house,
50 yards from the shop,
Ireland