If you live at this house number, your property could be ‘cursed’
If you live at this house number, your property could be ‘cursed’
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When viewing a property for the first time, you might be focusing your attention on the interiors and looking for any glaring issues that could cost you down the line. But as soon as you enter, you might want to focus your attention on the front door itself as one flat number is associated with a specific ‘curse.’.
![[“No. 1” painted on red brick wall]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2162213506-e1738078326392.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Have you ever lived in flat number one? If so, you might have had more visitors than you anticipated, accommodating various deliveries and lost Deliveroo drivers. Who needs a concierge when you could just press the first buzzer?. Since buying a flat after years of renting, this has been the experience of one disgruntled Redditor – who would have thought twice had they known the perils.
![[Typical London UK town house]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1942061864.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘When you live in flat one of a block you effectively become the concierge,‘ yojimbo_beta penned in the r/HousingUK thread. ‘Any time a postman, Amazon driver, Deliveroo courier, canvasser etc can’t get hold of flat two, they will see your flat one doorbell and smash that button like you’re their personal helper.
‘It never occurs to them, never, to try anyone else. You are going to be buzzed several times a day, have people peek through your windows, and basically [be] asked to drop everything to solve whatever their problem is. ‘Disconnecting the buzzer helps a little but there’s still a lot of footfall, intrusion, [and] people treating you as the backup for all neighbour-related tasks. I’d definitely think twice next time.’.
