Living in a rural area like Pagosa Springs, sometimes it may be difficult to find an address of a property, especially of you don't have a GPS and the Home or Property is not marked. There is, in most cases, a quite simple way of determining an address. At least I'll be alot closer than if I were to just take a SWAG.
Every once in awhile, I'll come across directions to a home in the MLS, that areoff.
There is a listing just south of town that the directions called out to drive approximately 4 1/2 miles. When I saw the number of the home, 5601, I knew from experience that this home was approximately 5.6 miles up that road.
Another home was numbered 243 in a different area and was described as being a 1/2 mile.... actually, it was just under a quarter mile, or .243 miles. Most of the time you'll end up within a few feet of the particular property.... MOST of the time.
Typically it works this way in this area. When I lived in the Metro areas of San Jose and Colorado Springs, the numbering system was slightly different, but basically the same.
There is a "Center" of town that is the juncture that determines North, South, East and West plane. Typically if an address is say, 1963 Anytown road, it is approximately 1.9 miles from the North/South Plane or the East/West plane line.
When an Agent that is unfamiliar with an area out here calls me for directions on a certain road, I'll find out where they are in relation to the subject property and they give them an estimate of how far away they are, just by using the address numbers. Some of the washboard roads out here can make you feel like you've driven 5 miles on the darn thing, when in all actuality it was only two. That is why Odometers come in handy as well.
It helps in many situations where there are no definitive house numbers visible.
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