House number 13

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Do you think the house number 13 will impact sales and rent ?

Poll closed 2nd Feb, 2017.

  1. Yes

    11 vote(s)
    30.6%

  2. No

    25 vote(s)
    69.4%
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  1. Girraffe

    Girraffe Member

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    Does the house number 13 affect rental and sales ?

    Please share your views / opinion.
     
    Girraffe, 26th Jan, 2017
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  2. CK_Invest

    CK_Invest Well-Known Member

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    nope.

    but you can bet the number 4 affects it a lot more especially in sydney/melbourne with people from certain backgrounds ;)

    personally i don't buy anything with the number 4 for this reason :p
     
    CK_Invest, 26th Jan, 2017
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  3. Lemmy a fiver

    Lemmy a fiver Well-Known Member

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    In one season I tore a hamstring,
    Copped concussion (twice) !, then finally did a medial ligament in the right knee that knocked me out of the rest of the football season (+ most of the next season)

    All whilst wearing #13.

    My nickname on the field after rehab was 'lucky' for the next couple of years until I finally gave it up.

    Got to love Aussie sarcasm !
     
    Lemmy a fiver, 26th Jan, 2017
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  4. wylie

    wylie Moderator Staff Member

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    I know if I walk under a ladder I'm not going to have bad luck, but I still walk around it.

    I wouldn't look for a house with the number 13 but if it was the right house, it wouldn't stop me.

    It's no different to the No 4 houses mentioned above. My mother twice had people apply (successfully at least in one case I remember) to have a house at No 4 changed to become No 2A.

    So, people do care about specific superstitions, even if they know it is unreasonable.
     
    wylie, 26th Jan, 2017
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  5. Bran

    Bran Well-Known Member

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    Didn't stop me. I didn't even notice
     
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  6. Omnidragon

    Omnidragon Well-Known Member

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    I think you meant 14.

    It may just on the odd day impact sale. But I probably wouldn't care about that if 14 Collins St or 14 George St was on sale for a cheap price.

    I probably wouldn't buy 14 Glen Waverley or 14 Chatswood
     
    Omnidragon, 26th Jan, 2017
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  7. Perthguy

    Perthguy Well-Known Member

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    I like 13 but I know some people don't. I avoid house number 13 in case house sale price is affected
     
    Perthguy, 26th Jan, 2017
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  8. Cactus

    Cactus Well-Known Member

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    I have a 13 IP but also have an 8.
     
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  9. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    I have a number 8. If I subdivide, do I end up with 2 number 4's? :confused:
     
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  10. Biz

    Biz Well-Known Member

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    Came here to read about how you had purchased 13 properties on a McDonald's wage. I am disappoint.
     
    Biz, 26th Jan, 2017
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  11. Girraffe

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    Cactus, was it any harder renting IP 13 ? did it take longer to rent or did it rent at a discount to other properties in the same location ?
     
    Girraffe, 26th Jan, 2017
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  12. Starbright

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    We used to live in 14 and an Asian family bought off us. No biggie to some.
     
    Starbright, 27th Jan, 2017
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  13. Starbright

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    Top price for the street too, I may add.
     
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  14. GalacticExplorer

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    The number 4 is a beautiful number. Even. Square root is 2, also a beauty. A square has 4 sides. Squares are pretty. Silly superstitious Chinese, believe me I know, I'm part Chinese so I see such silliness on a frequent basis, e.g. buildings skipping 'level 4.'

    13 is also beautiful. Stoic. Unique. Odd, but pleasantly quirky. Divisible into integers only by 1 or by itself. I can feel it..
     
    GalacticExplorer, 27th Jan, 2017
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  15. Set81

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    I use to work in pubs in China Town and there was no 4,14 or 24 numbered pokies even though there was 30 pokies in the room .
     
    Set81, 27th Jan, 2017
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  16. skater

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    I don't look for houses based on their numbers. If the house 'works', the number is irrelevant.
     
    skater, 27th Jan, 2017
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  17. spludgey

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    My mother in law got really annoyed with me the other week when I opened an umbrella in the house, I didn't even know that was a thing!
    In my renos currently, I constantly walk underneath ladders. Why place restricitons on yourself that don't help anything or anyone?
     
    spludgey, 27th Jan, 2017
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  18. SueA

    SueA Well-Known Member

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    Unlucky for some, our last house and current house are both number 13. Both were divorce sales!!
     
    SueA, 27th Jan, 2017
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  19. Lacrim

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    I have a 13 in Sydney. Didn't stop it doubling in the recent boom.
     
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  20. Lizzie

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    I not generally superstitious - but am not keen on 13 for some bizarre reason.

    Hubby and I have always lived in houses with a #2 in it - 20, 29, 21, 211 etc - and 2(x) seems to be really lucky for us. For the first time we are moving to a property without a #2 and it makes me a little nervous.
     
    Lizzie, 27th Jan, 2017
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