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<p>> If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name
"Bob" and put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my
house?</p>
<p>An interesting question which begs another question, what is an
address? (warning: a bit of a philosophical ramble on a Friday
night).<br>
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<p>My global analysis so far suggests that there are basically
three: POSTAL (so the postal service is usually involved),
CADESTRAL (the building plot as defined by the local government
and/or land registration body) and "HABITUAL" which is actually
very powerful: if your Officeworks sign remains for long enough,
the postman will find it even if not formally sanctioned by the
postal service. Interestingly, in Ireland a "descriptive" address
"The blue house called Bob, on the other side of the stream in the
village of Inverkeith" is also formally acceptable - this is rare
globally though.<br>
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<p>Following a similar thread in the UK, it is evident that we don't
have a clear definition in OSM for the addr: namespace and that
makes things like tagging a house name a matter of debate and
localisation. In Sweden where I usually live, properties have two
completely different addresses: a formal postal address (always
just road, house number, formal postal area (i.e. a
city/town/village), post code) and a title deed "cadestral"
address (unique block name, block number, block number subdivision
number) which is used by the local council and the tax office. We
use the postal format in the addr: namespace and again there is
recent debate on whether addr:name is relevant.<br>
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<p>From that perspective it looks like Australia is similar with the
postal service and your local council being separate authorative
sources but, unlike Sweden, they use overlapping nomenclature. The
following is not a primary source so I would be more than curious
to know if anyone has a more formal answer:<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/how-to-name-your-house-stsetivw-vs~50717452">https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/how-to-name-your-house-stsetivw-vs~50717452</a><br>
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<p><b>"Make it legal</b><br>
You can call your home any name you want, but if you want to
register it as its official address, contact your local council
and postal service. They will ascertain if the name is already
taken in the area or if there are restrictions on removing an
existing name. They’ll even disallow rude names! You’ll still
require a street or road number attached to your address, though."</p>
<p>Mike<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-02-04 19:48, Dian Ågesson
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<p>Genuine question:</p>
<p>If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name
"Bob" and put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of
my house?</p>
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<div>I've always listed the name of units & so on
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<p>+1</p>
<p>No longer used as the address, used 2 centuries ago. </p>
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<div>Whilst I was out surveying today I stumbled
upon a building that had a street number but also
a house name, as just above the entrance and door
number it said Rivenhall. Now the question is
should this be tagged as the name or
addr:housename? I know the latter is common in the
UK though I couldn't find anything about best
practice in Australia.</div>
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