The postman has to call twice in Chester’s most confusing st

[TrueBlueTerrier]

The postman has to call twice in Chester’s most confusing street

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PITY the residents of a suburban street where the house numbering system is so confusing that mail goes astray, takeaways end up at the wrong homes and taxis get lost.

The problems stem from the fact that numbers one to six are duplicated in Flag Lane South, Upton.

After one resident complained, the council explored the possibility of renumbering the entire street. But those who responded to a consultation said they would prefer to keep the status quo rather than risk making a bad situation worse.
However, not everyone agrees.

Mark Purtill, of number two, Heath Terrace, Flag Lane South, believes renumbering the street is the obvious solution.

Mark, who runs Tarvin Bridge Garage, regularly gets post for number two, The Smithy, and they get his.

“Because I’m a good neighbour, if I walk in the direction of The Wheatsheaf I will take their mail and put it through their letter box.

“If I ring a taxi I have to stand in the road and wave them down because otherwise the taxi will be waiting patiently outside number two, The Smithy, waiting for somebody to come out. It’s very aggravating.”

He added that “all manner of deliveries” including takeaways have gone to the duplicate address. He also worries about the emergency services going to the wrong location, especially after his daughter was recently attacked in the street while walking home.

Mark says the sorry saga was caused by the builder who created The Smithy development deciding to give his houses numbers one to seven – even though numbers one to six already existed.

The council says it now intends to tackle the confusion by improving signage in the street.

[Dushku2309]

I have a very similar situation here in Liverpool. An old mechanic garage, which took up quite a large area, was knocked down and replaced with the obligatory block of modern flats. The Street address, 101 -107 High Street remained the same and the flats were numbered accordingly 1 -16.

The Council, in their infinite wisdom then allowed TWO SEPARATE Apartment rental companies to rent the properties and allowed ONE of them to actually change the Address to 'Abbey Mill Court' but neglected to change the entire buildings flat number system, confused ? So, I now have High Street flat numbers 1 -16 and Abbey Mill Court 1 -14, but the numbers don't correspond ; For Instance, the High Streets number 2 is Abbey Mill's Number 4 and High Streets number 14 is Abbey Mills number 7.and it goes on and on in no sequential order or parity!! So, of course mail goes missing, people get annoyed, bills aren't paid and bailiffs are called. I've spoken to the Council and the Rental people, because my DIM was inadquate at doing it himself. Two years or so down the line and still confusion every day. Floaters, spare men and random postmen doing my delivery on absence use the numbers for their lottery !!

[johnsouthwales]

dushku, your predicament is basically due to the muck up of the old garage and the egotism of the companies involved..

god knows how the original post numbering happened, unless flag lane was previously known as upper and lower or something along those lines, which basically comes down to the council. it's quite bemusing when the residents decided to stick to the status quo, some people do get awkward in changing their address.

seems a bit strange the other thread calls for rm meeting with another council.