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ninathenana Tue 31-May-16 13:00:11

Sorry but to me Maple Lodge does sound like a care home smile or a rather grand house. You could just go with The Maples.
I like Maplewood.

harrigran Tue 31-May-16 12:48:44

DD lives in Belgium and her street name is in French but when she uses a taxi she has to give the name in Dutch otherwise the taxi driver doesn't understand confused

Elrel Tue 31-May-16 12:33:46

Monica - good advice, a house formerly known as Lake Farm still appeared on various lists as that years later. Taxis and emergency services didn't have the new name which it was bought with causing confusion.

kittylester Tue 31-May-16 11:54:43

When we moved to our present house it was 2 Xxx xxxxxx Court which we used until being informed by the council that they hadn't given permission for that address. That's 23 years ago and they still send letters to us at that address.

I like Maplewood too.

harrigran Tue 31-May-16 11:52:31

My 95 year old aunt is in a care home called Maple Lodge, it does sound a bit like an institution.
Why not ascertain exactly what type of Maple it is and see if that is pleasing.

merlotgran Tue 31-May-16 11:45:20

Is the tree in good heart? I know someone who lives in 'The Elms' only there aren't any now. sad

Juliette Tue 31-May-16 11:43:33

There's a care home called Maple Lodge not a million miles away from here. Maplewood is much better and more appropriate to you Luckygirl

Juggernaut Tue 31-May-16 11:41:00

When my grandparents moved after after 60 years in one house they changed the name of the new place from 'Rowan Cottage' to 'Wirthelaru’.
Their new neighbours thought it sounded quite exotic, but it was named due to my granddad's habit of wandering around the house looking for nana, all the while muttering 'Dolly, where the hell are you'?grin

Indinana Tue 31-May-16 11:32:18

I like Maple Lodge. Or there's Maplewood or Mapledene. Good luck with the move - you're definitely doing the right thing, I'm sure you'll grow to love the new place.

J52 Tue 31-May-16 11:07:34

We had a house called 'Maplewood' a little different from house or cottage.

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grannyactivist Tue 31-May-16 10:36:17

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/advice/4209325/Property-advice-How-to-change-the-name-of-your-house.html
I think this link covers it Lucky.

My parents in law have lived in (amongst others) April Cottage, Pine Cottage and Rose Cottage. The latter has been in the family for a long time and having recently moved into it permanently my parents in law have decided to change the name. Fortunately it also has a house number so it's not as much as a palaver as it would be otherwise. My house has only a name and no number and we decided it would be too much bother to change it when we moved; it's a reasonable name, but rather grand sounding for us. smile

M0nica Tue 31-May-16 10:32:16

You will need to inform the Post Office of the change of name if the houses in your road are identified by name rather than number and it might be worth including the phrase (previously known as........) in your addressfor the first year.

Luckygirl Tue 31-May-16 10:24:19

We are hoping to move house to a bungalow in the next few weeks - I am hedging my bets here as I do not want to get my hopes too high and have it all fall through!

The bungalow is lovely except for its name, which is very twee and has "Y"s where "I"s should be. Not our kind of thing at all. We would like to give it a new name - probably based on the lovely big maple tree in the front garden.

Any idea for names? - I'm thinking Maple Lodge at the moment.

And has anyone ever changed their house name and was it an easy process?

It is not on a street, nor are any of the houses numbered - just names.