Does your house have a name rather than a number? What can I call my new house?

[Mum2Ela]

We are moving next month to a brand new house and we want to give it a name as its on a small 'court' where two of the other 5 houses already have names.

Does your house have a name and if it does, how did you arrive at that name?

I've been trying to think of a name which includes DD's and DS's names, but they are both short names and I can't come up with antthing DH likes!

Ours is called Westbay - it's always had that name, it's an old house.

I named our Walnut Corner (but that was a business decision)

ours is

Don't laught but I want to call the house 'Tulula' because both my children were born on a Tuesday and DS is called Luca and DD is called Ela.

I said don't laugh.

DH not so fussed on this name.

my next door neighbours in called Kinbruaich which means the bottom of the hill

Tighnabruaich means the top of the hill

not much use if your not on a hill

my aunties is called Rockliffe

my other aunties is called Seaside

Didn't I read something very recently that said if you want to "name" your house you have to pay to do so? Have no idea how much but I definitely read this somewhere- and VERY recently.

Tennis
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Law
Crown
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Kangaroo

• more 'court' themes for you??

The name is parts of our childrens names, not ours. Unless they decide to divorce me in the future . . .

Yes you have to apply for Planning Permission and it costs about £30 (in our area)

someone by us called their urzanmine and they ended up getting divorced

My sister built hers and called it Twin Oaks because strangely she had 2 oak trees in the front garden

I thought it was only called a name if it didn't have a number addres. I'm confused. One of my good friends has a house out in the country that has a name but no number.

Ours has a number too but the house has had the name since it built - not sure when, early 1900's I think.

I think you can just use a name if you keep the number too - but according to Jilly Cooper in "Class" that's terribly vulgar !

If you want not to use the number anymore - but replace it with a name that's where the planning permission - (?) really (?????) comes in - actually I thought you just had to notify or ask the post office for permission !

don't like tulula personally... sounds a bit "frilly" for a house

Starlover, i'm not fussed either and DH thought it sounded a bit 'gay' (?) for a house. Wantedto include the childrens names in it to and thats the best of a bad bunch!

what's your surname? if you don't mind posting...

I'm afraid that names made up of names (iyswim!) make me think of Casa Bevron from Brookside...

how bout simply... 'the manor'

ours is called Lane Cottage after the lane its on

imaginative I know

hmm

does it have a number already

if so I think very naff to have

Tulula
12, Kenton Court etc

just keep the number

NOOOO - don't do it. It will make it incredbily difficult for people to find your house (both to visit and to deliver stuff). Or if you do - get a number as well!