How to trace ex tenant

patman99

Take-out the multiple accounts and closed accounts (which still show on stats total) and there are probably only about 5 million UK users.

Most insurers use Friends reunited, Facebook and Linkin when searching for missing people. So it would be worth a shot.

aries69

Tracesmart.co.uk is a good one - if it doesn't have the up to date new address you can often find out a lot about their previous whereabouts/family/marriages etc and work from there. Its worked for me and cost something like £9.99 for 50 searches.

Good luck, are the agents helping in anyway? What about the bond?

Soniclord

patman99 wrote: »

Take-out the multiple accounts and closed accounts (which still show on stats total) and there are probably only about 5 million UK users.

Yeah of course their's only 5 million UK users of facebook.... :rotfl: :cool:

john_howard_fisher

whilst i thank you all for your replies my question goes unanswered. with the mega power of mse'rs does someone have an answer please?

Nikel

If you did find this scumbag, what do you intend to do to him?

N79

john_howard_fisher wrote: »

whilst i thank you all for your replies my question goes unanswered. with the mega power of mse'rs does someone have an answer please?

You could try the Landlordzone directory page for investigators and baliffs. There are plenty of options to choose from. Beware that many of these types of companies (not necessarily those listed on Landlordzone, of which I have no experience) "sail very close to the wind" or indeed beyond it in terms of the legalities of how they trace people.

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/dir/bailiffs-investigators.htm

theartfullodger

Suggestion:

Sue through small-claims court first when you don't know his address (not sure of the procedure but there will be one, albeit complicated..). [Or use the forwarding address given ...].

Perhaps ;-) the defendant does not turn up ??? Anyway, whatever, hopefully you now have CCJ.

Only then employ tracing agent to find the little crook & start the money extraction process.. eg
http://www.findermonkey.co.uk/

IMHO ALWAYS take legal action against absconding tenants owing funds or .. they tell all their friends LL is a soft touch & will never pursue them.. so guess what sort of people now want to rent your property?? I've recovered thousands - but it requires dedication, time (lots), patience (lots), guile and money (some). It gives me great pleasure to declare my recovered debts as additional income to HMRC each year (having original claimed them as "other expenses" when I didn't receive the rent in the 1st place.)

Cheers!

Artful

Jowo_2

I recall a landlord on the landlordzone forum who said he just used to send debt collectors around if the tenants got into arrears to show he meant business. He, as far as I recalled, didn't take them to the small claims court and get a judgement, just used to get debt collectors to turn up. I don't really understand how this could take place without a CCJ - do other organisations hand over debts to agencies just based on non payment of an account or do they have to take them to court first?

john_howard_fisher

theartfullodger wrote: »

Suggestion:

Sue through small-claims court first when you don't know his address (not sure of the procedure but there will be one, albeit complicated..). [Or use the forwarding address given ...].

Perhaps ;-) the defendant does not turn up ??? Anyway, whatever, hopefully you now have CCJ.

Only then employ tracing agent to find the little crook & start the money extraction process.. eg
http://www.findermonkey.co.uk/

IMHO ALWAYS take legal action against absconding tenants owing funds or .. they tell all their friends LL is a soft touch & will never pursue them.. so guess what sort of people now want to rent your property?? I've recovered thousands - but it requires dedication, time (lots), patience (lots), guile and money (some). It gives me great pleasure to declare my recovered debts as additional income to HMRC each year (having original claimed them as "other expenses" when I didn't receive the rent in the 1st place.)

Cheers!

Artful

thanks. OK step one it is then= sue in small claims court but how? i have been told this before but cant seem to find good info on it. any links / ebooks / pdf / guide / how to / dummies guide (that me :rotfl:) would be appreciated.