Exterior house number: what it is, and curiosities about it.

Several facts and curiosities about the system of exterior number of the houses.

Do you know what an exterior house number is? It is the number that appears on a person's home, on the outside of their home/building (on the street).

In this article we will see more details and curiosities about this number, what is taken into account when assigning it, and what are some of its functions and advantages.

Exterior number: what is it?

Thus, the exterior numbers are numbers that are associated to the urban nomenclature. For its part, the urban nomenclature has to do with the identification of the properties through numbers, codes or names.. In addition to the real estate, the same happens with the streets, passages, squares... of any urbanization, town or city.

When assigning the exterior number of a dwelling, the first thing to do is to establish what type of dwelling it is, the first thing to do is to establish what type of house it is: single-family or multi-family.Single-family or multi-family. After this aspect is identified, the corresponding name or numbering is chosen, which will be part of the housing development where the dwelling is located.

What does the exterior number (i.e. the assigned numbering) depend on? Basically, on three parameters: the by-laws, the characteristics of the site and the local by-laws; the latter are the ones that oblige the owners to identify their homes and their land.

Numbering of dwellings

Why are dwellings numbered (exterior number)? Basically so that the growth of towns and cities is carried out in a constant but sustainable way, and also for regulation, control, identification and order.

Interesting facts and advantages

Here we will see some of them interesting facts, as well as advantages and functions of numbering streets and houses/domiciles/buildings by their number (external number) and by a specific name. by their number (external number) and through a specific name.

1. Location

The exterior number helps us to locate the houses and the different plots of land.

2. Identification of any construction on the ground

On the other hand, the numbering system goes beyond dwellings (both single-family, such as detached or semi-detached houses, and multi-family, such as residential buildings). Thus, it is extrapolated to light poles, parking lots...

3. Application

When is the exterior number and urban nomenclature applied? When the population in question has more than 10,000 inhabitants.

4. Identification

Another of the utilities of the exterior number and the nomenclature of the streets or spaces is that it allows the letter carriers to identify the house or building in question at the time of delivering the correspondence or pertinent deliveries.

5. Usefulness

On the other hand, the urban numbering and nomenclature system, allows emergency services (e.g. police and firefighters) to reach their destination easily and quickly..

6. Location and localization

Another advantage of the exterior number and street name, and perhaps the most obvious, is that they allow us to identify and locate the different addresses that we handle or to which we must go, either for reasons of leisure, work, studies...

7. Control

Another interesting fact in relation to this, is that urban numbering allows us to control and monitor what diseases (and how many) the population suffers from (and spreads in it).

8. Policy

Another function of this nomenclature is at the political level, since it helps to distribute the inhabitants according to certain electoral centers. it helps to distribute the inhabitants according to certain electoral centers..

9. Basic services and telecommunications

On the other hand, the nomenclature and numbering, allow people and companies that work offering basic services of water, electricity, wiring, telecommunications... to identify the houses. On the other hand, the collection of tariffs is also expedited in this sense.

10. Improvements

Another advantage is the ease with which this resource can be used to implementing public assistance and planning plans.. It also facilitates the improvement of streets, buildings, housing, etc....

11. Identification in the identity card

As a curious fact, we find that in some countries it is mandatory to include in the ID card or identity card, the name of the street and the number of the house (exterior number) in which you live. This is also allows the identification of the person and some control.

12. Detection of needs

On the other hand, the exterior number and the name of the streets allow the identification of the needs of a certain sector, and also the study of how these needs can be met or solved.

13. Taxes and Tributes

The tax system (Treasury) also has a relevant role in all this, since through these nomenclatures and numberings, can locate and identify the people and the conditions in which they live, in order to determine or classifyIn order to determine or typify what taxes these people must pay, and what taxes they can obtain according to their area, housing, etc.

How does it work?

Now that we have seen some of its functions and advantages, let's try to answer: how does the assignment of the exterior number of dwellings work?

In order to be carried out, a series of elements or aspects must be considered, such as the neighborhood, the block, the block, the municipality, the parish... That is to say, the subdivisions of the land or area in question must be taken into account, the subdivisions of the land or area in question must be taken into account..

From there, the name, code or number that identifies the house, the dwelling or the residential complex is placed. Generally all this is seen on the exterior (for example, the exterior number mentioned throughout the article).

Single-family and multi-family homes/dwellings.

As we have seen, the assignment of the exterior number varies depending on whether it is placed on a single-family home or a multi-family home.. Single-family houses, let us remember, are detached or semi-detached houses; multi-family houses, on the other hand, correspond to residential buildings.

1. Single-family houses

In the case of single-family dwellings (where only one family lives), an external number is assigned to the dwelling, according to the zone in which it is located, the municipality, block, parish, etc.

Multi-family dwellings

In the case of multi-family dwellings (e.g. a residential building, where several families live), a single exterior number is assigned to identify the property/building "as a whole". In this case, the above rule is also followed.

Types of numbering

In relation to the exterior number, there are different types of numbering that are placed on houses:

• Metric: based on the distance (in meters) between one house/dwelling and another.
• Decametric: numbers and codes are placed at the same distances.
• Sequential: the most "typical" numbering corresponds to odd and even numbers, alternately.

The interior number of the home

We have talked about the exterior number, but... What about the interior or internal number? In this case, it is the number, code or name that is included inside each building of neighbors (neighborhood), which allows us to identify the address of a specific person.

This number includes the following data or elements: the number of the building, a letter or a name, and the number of the apartment.

Bibliographic references:

• Determining the numbering system for buildings. (n.d.). In CCA. Retrieved: 22 December 2019. In CCA de cca.org.mx.
• Urban nomenclature and numbering presentation. (n.d.). In Mit Edu. Retrieved: 22 December 2019. In Mit Edu from web.mi.edu.