Two Houses - Exact Same Mailing Address But Different Towns
Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011
by Nancy Daniels
Voice Dynamic
35 years ago, my township built a development by the name of Broadmore consisting of 700 homes. Unfortunately, none of the post offices within in the township wanted to service Broadmore. So, I gather they picked straws and the winner was a neighboring little community by the name of Somerdale. The problem was that a mile up the road from my home is another house on the opposite side of the street with the exact same mailing address: same number, same street, same town, same state and same zip code.
If you Mapquest, Google, or
Through the years, the post office has figured out the situation and we get the right mail 99% of the time. FedEx and
Luckily, the woman who lives there has an enclosed porch with a door that is always unlocked so the delivery people drop off my packages on her porch. The woman who lives there, however, does not enter her home through that door but instead goes in the back entrance where her driveway is located. What this means is that my packages sit on her porch until she happens to notice them.
I have managed to deal with this problem for the past 14 years; but, last weekend was the clincher. My stepdaughter had sent me flowers by means of
The following Tuesday I received a call from the woman at the other address, informing me that there were two packages on her porch for me. Unfortunately, one of the packages was the flowers. When I opened up the box, I saw the loveliest lilies that had struggled to survive a very hot porch for 5 days with no water. They didn’t win that battle.
I have been to the post office. They sent me to the township. I went to the township and they told me to go to the post office. Obviously, no one wants this problem.
My property taxes are over $8,000 a year – not because I live in some magnificent home because I don’t. Were my house in any other state, my taxes would be less than $4,000 a year. My question to the post office or the township, the mayor or the governor, is simple. If I am paying this enormous sum in property taxes, why can I not have my very own address? Should that not be one of my unalienable rights? My other question is if I have an emergency and phone 911, which house will they go to? I can only pray they don’t use
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)My husband and I recently purchased a home in Pennsylvania with the exact same problem!!!! We were not notified during the sale of this hang up (else we probably would have never purchased).
We have had all sorts of trouble getting service workers, visitors, and deliveries to our home. Also, I'm not fully convinced I'm receiving all of my mail. I have no idea who these other people are, if they are trustworthy or not. If they are receiving, for instance, credit card offers, what is stopping them from applying...or viewing our personal files that get mailed.
If you have any other encouragement or suggestions, please let me know!
Stephanie,
Although the mail itself occasionally goes to the wrong house, the problem is with the delivery services. My house is at an intersection so when I order something that will be shipped from UPS, for example, I add 'the corner of Roberts Dr' under my address. Although it doesn't always work, it usually does. If I receive something from someone else, however, it will not get to my house. I will go down to the other address and check if I know something is coming. Otherwise, I hope she notices it.
I wish you all the best with this. It is a pain.
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