Apostrophe or not?

[wafflethewonderdog]

Sorry but posting for traffic!
Should this sign have an apostrophe?
Hate misuse of the apostrophe and want to buy one for our place but can't decide if it needs one or not.

Nope. The Smiths' house yes or Mrs Smith's post, but the sign should say The Smiths.

No. If it was followed by 'house' or 'home' then yes but in this context no. The apostrophe denoted possession.

*denotes

If there is only one of them and is their house it is refering to then yes if there is more thsn one smith it should go after the s if it referee to it being their house or not at all if it means the smiths live there and possession isn't implied

That makes it sound like it's the Smith's forge or something ie blacksmith's.

No apostrophe. The sign is wrong.

It's going to be referring to our place so would you put for example The Smiths'

No. Like I said, no apostrophe.

Thanks all 👍🏻

Agree, that sign is wrong, but I've now started thinking how odd the word smith is. Smith, smith, smith.

If it was The Smiths' house, apostrophe would be after x

Either The Smiths which would mean the Smiths live here, or The Smiths' which would mean the house belongs to the Smiths.

No, it doesn't need one.

No apostrophe. I'm hearing Morrissey now aswell!

The Smiths live here- no apostrophe needed
The Smiths’ house - needs apostrophe
The Smiths on its own doesn’t need one, but if you’re trying to convey the meaning: ‘The Smiths’ place’, even though you’re not writing the word place, then you would need
one.

Why do you want to advertise your name outside your house?

It's for a caravan not a house