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vivienz

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I thought it would be timely to get a blog started on our proposed new build in north Dorset as I'm eagerly (driving me nuts) anticipating the decision on our planning permission which is due on Thursday.  That said, it may well be a damp squib as little that comes out of North Dorset Council is on time, apart from the direct debit requests for council tax.

 

So let's deal with the proposed name of the new build as here lies something I don't talk about too much in public.  If you take a look at a map of north Dorset, you will see an area called the Blackmore Vale marked on it, so it would be natural to assume that's what we propose to name to the new house after, given that we aren't too imaginative about these things and that's where it's going to be.

 

You would be wrong.

 

OH has a deep and abiding love of heavy metal rock music and, as far as he's concerned, the house is named in tribute to his all-time rock guitar playing hero, Ritchie Blackmore.  As far as I'm concerned, it's still the first explanation.  Particularly since I told him that the doorbell would not blast out the riff from Smoke on the Water whenever anyone calls.  Or any other riff/rock anthem/heavy rock associated musical theme that comes to mind.

 

Have I mentioned that I'm looking into really good acoustic insulation around the house?

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Jeremy Harris

Are the local authority OK with that?

 

I found that they were very restrictive when it came to assigning a name to our new build.  They wouldn't let us use several names that were related to the local area, for example, because of apparent confusion for delivery services.  So. we're on Mill Lane, but were not permitted to use the word "Mill" in the house name.  Similarly, the land our house is on used to be an old orchard (Mill Orchard) but we were forbidden to use the name "Orchard".  To add insult to injury, when we did come up with a name that the street and house naming department were happy with, they charged us £125 (I think) in order to make it official...................

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ProDave

As I have said before, I have refused to pay the (in our case) £150 fee and just started using the name we chose. The only "issue" is it is not on the postcode database, but it is now on the councils own house name database.

 

I thought it would become an issue when we moved into the caravan and that got added to the council tax valuation list, but it didn't.

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vivienz

Good point, Jeremy.  I don't know is the answer at the moment, but OH is likely to be more upset than I will if we can't have it. 

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Onoff
40 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

You at the cider again ?

 

I wanted "Gotwood" in nice gothic letters but SWMBO vetoed it! ;)

 

Plus I thought people might think I'm Welsh...

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Nickfromwales
1 hour ago, Onoff said:

 

I wanted "Gotwood" in nice gothic letters but SWMBO vetoed it! ;)

 

Plus I thought people might think I'm Welsh...

What are you waiting for? :D

 

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Ferdinand

Stairway to Heaven.

 

or Dancng Queen if that is refused.

 

Or make the other half agree to make the sign, then choose something with 43 letters.

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vivienz
On 08/01/2018 at 22:35, Ferdinand said:

Stairway to Heaven.

 

or Dancng Queen if that is refused.

 

Or make the other half agree to make the sign, then choose something with 43 letters.

 

Nooooo!!!! No rock or music related bell rings, please!  If I used Dancing Queen as a bell ring, he'd divorce me on grounds of mental cruelty.  I've applied to the council for the name changed and explained to the lady there that our first choice was a very strong first choice.  She asked my why, so I told her.  I believe that she could have used the common abbreviation of PMSL, expressed her sympathy and said that she would see what she can do.  I also explained to OH that Ronnie James Dio House was not an acceptable alternative.

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