Help, problems with previous owners.

talulahbeige_2

iscrimger wrote: »

If a person no longer lives at an address you either forward to their new address or return the letter to the sender... simply write 'No longer at this address' or return the letter to your postman.

Waste of time, the energy company i work for dont do anything with returned mail.

shellstar

I think contacting the companies to tell them that you are the new owner is fine, but I wouldn't give them his ex-wife's address.

She told you she didn't want anything to do with him, and who knows the reason. She may not know where he is or may be hiding from him if he was abusive or something. He's no more her responsibility than he is yours, so I'd just show them the proof that you are not him and then leave it at that.

Just my thoughts on that particular suggestion is all.

tek-monkey

Forward them to his solicitor?

lunar

Thanks to everyone for your advise. I called the 3 companies yesterday afternoon and they were all actually really helpful. I had to send a copy of my council tax bill to them as proof that we were the new owners.

I was told by one company to keep the council tax bill and photo ID handy if anyone came to my door. None of them said anything about the fact that I had opened his mail.

I love your idea welshwoofs, I did ask for id but he said he didnt need to show it as i was lying about who I was!

foxy-roxy

we had bailiffs come round when i first moved into my private rented property, my OH just showed some ID to prove he wasn't who they were looking for and they never came back.

tek-monkey

lunar wrote: »

I love your idea welshwoofs, I did ask for id but he said he didnt need to show it as i was lying about who I was!

!!!!!!? I'd have let him in then, and given him a kicking! Then immediately call the police to say you've just aprehended a burglar

silvercar

When we had baliffs appear seeking the previous owner, after buying our house, they were all polite and courteous. I just showed them an electric bill in my name and they noted it and left.

There is a shared info service called GAIN (gone away information network) once one company notes on it that someone has moved on, other companies should access the info and amend their own records. Individuals can't access the info, so you have to wait for it to happen.

We had baliffs for the previous owner and customers of his previous business. The business went bankrupt a month after he moved out and some of these customers had paid money and not received goods.

Coincidentally the previous owners name was the numberplate of my car in reverse (eg KIM for MIK) and one customer wouldn't accept that that wasn't his car. She threatened to sit in front of the car until she was reimbursed.:rolleyes:

not_loaded

talulahbeige wrote: »

Waste of time, the energy company i work for dont do anything with returned mail.

Why does that not surprise us?

It's your prerogative to be crap at business... :rolleyes:

ooobedoo

years ago I received an envelope and couldn't see the actual name of the addressee, so I opened it and it was addressed to the previous occupant who was a happily married father of 2.....it was hard core(really hard core) gay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so If you do open somebody elses post....erm, expect the unexpected!