Getting a proper address
 

After 26 years of living in this house we have finally got a "proper" address as has everyone else in the hameau.

Problem is that they were not supposed to be official until May which is causing unbelievable problems. Chronopost won't regognise it and refuses to deliver anything until it becomes official, likewise TNT. DHS are prefectly happy to use it and, of course so is La Poste. Don't start me on the problems being put in out way by Brit banks and credit cards. One of which wanted a new utility bill with our change of address thereon!!

Not that it is very much of a change. Just a number and a street, if you could call it a street!

Any suggestions as to how to deal with this. Have you had a similar experience

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The banks are suspicious of fraud and people changing the delivery address to commit fraud.
You know that it is the same address but they don't.
I would wait until you have some documents to prove your new address.
Your postman will know where you live and you will still get your mail without the new address.
In the UK, someone tried to use my former address to obtain a credit card in my name.
The bank's security picked up the fraud.
If your french bank has changed your address then, in due course, supply a bank statement or water bill or whatever.
Good luck

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We do absolutely everything via internet.

I've just had a very cross message from one of the companies \i usually deal with on line asking me why I have never given my proper address previously.

I replied saying that it was a recent ammendment not a change and they too have asked me to prove this, otherwise we will noy be able to receive diliveries until we can.

Absolutely nothing we can do

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Consider asking your mairie for a "certificat de numerotage".

We too have run into problems with utility providers not having our address in their database and this is the document we received to prove the address of our new house.

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We have been in contact with the Marie and have been told that we will have to official notification on May 1st as promised. They have already had several compaints about Chronopost - but that's nothing new.

The thing is Graham only 2 of the houses are new and as most of us have lived here for years, the facteur knows everyone by name etc It is apparently the main post office which is really responsible and, as usual they aren't!

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Our hamlet was given "street" names several years ago, but we didn't inform any one official. The Bank, Utilities, Impôts, etc.. send us things simply to the hamlet. On the other hand, for anything that Postman Pat doesn't deliver, we have to specify the street name and number, otherwise the delivery men will waste time asking around, and, understandably, they"re cross by the time they've found you....
Were you able to choose your street name? I proposed "Route de la Garrigue" for ours, and it was accepted unanimously, although the actual garrigue is some distance away!;)

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We live in a cul-de-sac so it has been named "No Brexit" :p

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As there are only 2 Streets we had to take what we got but it is so hilariously inappropriate that we all love i, especially when a delivery van got stuck on one of the very tight and narrow bends this morning.

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Do tell. ;) Or shall we all have a guess?

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I hope it's nothing like the name of that village in the Lot, Montcuq! (Although according to Wikipedia, the "q" is pronounced...)
One of the names in my hamlet is chemin de la Gerbace, which apparently is an old word for a sheaf of corn, but, in modern-talk, means vomit....
;)

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It's Grand'Rue !!!!!

Re: Getting a proper address
 

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

We visited a friend who lived south of Carcassonne in a tiny hamlet of 20 homes and the back door of his house opened onto Grand'Rue - only wide enough for a car.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I'm disappointed. I thought it might be Avenue de l'Impératrice.

Which would be very well chosen. :nod:

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I eventually got my parcel this morning but the delivery driver rang twice to ask if one of us would go and collect it from his van because Chronic post has told him not drive around narrow hameau streets and he hasn't time to get out and bring it to the house.

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We had the same a year ago, new house number and road name and even now most of the courrier services haven't updated their satnavs despite telling them. They delivered bugger all before anyway as they are all rubbish at delivering what they should do but any how! Even EDF last week could not update the address properly so had to phone them up to get it done that way. Have not been able to do much, just wait for things to happen as and when companies have changed their systems. Very annoying though!