House Numbering!
We have had a development of about 230 housing "units" as they call them being built since about 2008 and finally the ones facing ours have been completed - one with the owner moved-in.
The stupid things been the numbering of these houses though.
At first, from left to right, they were numbered 139, 137, 135 & 133 which was actually contrary to the rest of the street as that meant 139 had the original house numbered 131 next door and the new 133 was next door to 141.
About three weeks ago, while the finishing-off was still going on, the new houses were renumbered the correct way to the rest of our street but then, all the sub-contractors coming along got totally confused!
Anglian Water sent sub-contractors to sort out a drain - AGAIN - but they dug up the ground next to the newly-corrected 133 but the problem was next to where 133 had been wrongly put before!
Also, carpet fitters came in and fitted carpets to two houses - but they were the wrong ones and electrical contractors were just about to put a security system in on 137 when the main contractor stopped them!
The Anglian Water subbies had to make good the area they'd dug up but the main contractor had to get the tarmac done again because the Anglian Water subbies had dug it all up and didn't have the facilities to replace it - that was down to another Anglian Water sub-contractor who was supposed to come later!
The new owner of the house directly opposite had organised SKY to fit a dish etcetera - but it was organised when her house had been renumbered 133, so when SKY turned she had to run down and stop them drilling holes in house up the road.
Some time on Thursday-last, unnoticed by us, the new houses were all renumbered again and it looks as if that's how they'll stay so 139 (opposite us) has 131 to the left again and 133 has 141 next door!
The posties will go bananas but I'm wondering now about the services, like Gas, Water, Telephone & Broadband and Electricity.
The Gas & Electric meters were all looked at before the numbers got switched back!!
stevmk2