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House name ideas for an ugly home 😂

83 replies

Maddie2019 · 11/07/2020 23:30

Hi all.

We have recently moved house, which is a number 3. The problem is we have lots of other houses around us with other number 3s and it all gets a little confusing (post going to wrong houses etc).

We were thinking of adding a house name to make things easier. The issue is, we do not live in a grand nor pretty house! It’s a basic pebble dash 2 bed end terrace.

It would look silly with a grand or too nice name 😂 Has anyone got any ideas?! x

OP posts:
withaheyandahoandaheyheyho · 12/07/2020 00:45

Tether's End.
Was going to suggest Wit's End but someone best me to it

Chicchicchicchiclana · 12/07/2020 00:45

A combination of you and your partner's name?

Like Casa Bevron in Brookside.

Wingedharpy · 12/07/2020 00:52

Spartacus .........as in I am Spartacus, no I am Spartacus etc, as opposed to we're number 3, no we're number 3 etc

Dita73 · 12/07/2020 02:15

My house is ugly too! I’ve always wanted to call it “The Shitbox”. Don’t think I’d get away with it somehow

ArriettyJones · 12/07/2020 02:19

The problem is we have lots of other houses around us with other number 3s and it all gets a little confusing (post going to wrong houses etc).

Huh? What do you mean? “Lots of houses around us with other number 3s”? The traditional thing is to have one number three in each road. Confused

Kudostoyou · 12/07/2020 02:31

Journeys End or Willow 3 (or whatever “3” (tree) you have in the garden

BlankTimes · 12/07/2020 02:42

I googled house signs and hit images, there are loads with the house number and street name, like this,

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or with the number and street name written in the same typeface which IMO look attractive e.g.
T. H. R. E. E
Roadname

For a more offbeat name, think of what three is associated with, so
Musketeers Cottage
Blind Mice House

or other associations of three,
Triple Towers
Trinity House
Triangle Terrace

violetbunny · 12/07/2020 03:02

I would give it the most pretentious name I could think of 😂

hammeringinmyhead · 12/07/2020 03:03

@ArriettyJones

The problem is we have lots of other houses around us with other number 3s and it all gets a little confusing (post going to wrong houses etc).

Huh? What do you mean? “Lots of houses around us with other number 3s”? The traditional thing is to have one number three in each road. Confused

It's not that unusual. We are on a main road, which is Something Street, but next to the end of our terrace is the entrance to St Someone's Gardens. All the houses were built at the same time. Postie sees number 999, clocks the sign for St Someone's Gardens a few feet away and we get their post.
LittleEntrepeneur · 12/07/2020 03:09

Balderdash! Please call it Balderdash (as suggested by a PP, not me).

BritWifeinUSA · 12/07/2020 03:19

Costa Plenty was the and given to a house in the street I lived on in the UK.

BritWifeinUSA · 12/07/2020 03:19

The name

steff13 · 12/07/2020 03:22

On Gilmore Girls they wanted to name their house The Crap Shack.

longtimecomin · 12/07/2020 03:27

My friend had a basic house and called it cheesecake manor

Aquamarine1029 · 12/07/2020 03:57

Shit Shack

mamalicious3030 · 12/07/2020 04:07

I saw a post I think it was also a MN post, saying how do I tell my parents not to name their house Belle End. Just had to share too funny!

DameHannahRelf · 12/07/2020 04:13

A lovely traditional looking (from the outside anyway), house near my work, has a neat little sign saying "Bedlam" Grin.

WinterAndRoughWeather · 12/07/2020 04:19

Ace House
The Cinnamons
Excalibur Cottage
Lord House

FrogMarchJune · 12/07/2020 04:20

Grimsby
Third wheel
Scratchington (because pebble dash is scratchy)
Modest Manor
Blessed home
Fugli
Tatty house
Humble Mouse

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 12/07/2020 04:23

Our row of terraces overlooks the tip. Our neighbours house is called "Tip View". They have a plaque with cursive font and flowers. It makes me smile.

PineconeOfDoom · 12/07/2020 04:26

Am I the only one old enough to remember the Flintstones? Has to be Bedrock.

Mypathtriedtokillme · 12/07/2020 04:30

Pebble trash?

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 12/07/2020 04:53

Pebble cottage

Duck cottage
Fox cottage
Elephant cottage

Ugly house

PhilCornwall1 · 12/07/2020 05:04

@malmi

If you choose a house name it will not be part of your official address so will never come up on websites when searching for postcodes etc
It will if done through street naming and numbering within your local council.
Sushiroller · 12/07/2020 06:38

Came to suggest descriptives.
If its lost mail etc i would strongly lean towards "3 willow house"

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