Mail from old tenants

MrWillyWonka

Hi,

Hope this is the right forum to post in!

I have moved into a rented property about 6 weeks ago. The old tenants clearly had money problems with countless letters from banks, credit cards and the taxman, many of final warnings and tons of mail from catalogues and other junk/adverts addressed to the old tenants.

They put in a redirect with the Royal Mail and asked us to redirect any mail that slipped through to the tenants new home. I think they only put in a 1 month redirect service and now we are getting 10+ letters addressed to the old tenants, a day, 9/10 seemingly junk/adverts.

Any ideas on what I can do, it is taking up too much of my time to keep forwarding it. Am I allowed to bin what looks like junk/adverts? Or can I just but RTS on every mail I receive?

Thanks

G_M

Options:

* RTS
* forward to them
* bin it
* "Not known at theis address"

If it looks like debt collectors, keep a photocopy of your ID/passport and of yoru tenancy agreement near the door. If debt collectors knock, just tell the old tenants have moved, show them the photocopies, and then optionally give them the new address.

BASFORDLAD

G_M wrote: »

Options:

* RTS
* forward to them
* bin it
* "Not known at theis address"

If it looks like debt collectors, keep a photocopy of your ID/passport and of yoru tenancy agreement near the door. If debt collectors knock, just tell the old tenants have moved, show them the photocopies, and then optionally give them the new address.

Debt collectors have no right to this information. They have no powers

MrWillyWonka

I would bin it, but is it legal or do I have a responsibility to send it elsewhere?

Lorian

RTS or you'll keep getting it.

If it's for the landlord of course that's a different matter.

Hump

I'd RTS everything for next 6 months at least - I would open anything that comes 'hand delivered' without a stamp. I would not hand anything over to the previous occupants even if they come a knockin' on the door (tell them that you have already RTS'd it).

It's debatable what to do after 6 months - personally I'd bin anything that looks like junk mail - and RTS anything looking official.

It took over a year for mail for the previous occupant to stop arriving at my last place!

Kynthia

Once post has been delivered to the address on it then I believe the law ends there. You are free to bin whatever you want. I personally would bin everything that looked like junk and write 'not known at this address' everything else putting it in the nearest post box. If after months you are still receiving a lot, I'd consider opening some of it and ringing the companies to tell them the address is no longer valid. You are not interferring with the delviery of mail or causing detriment to the addressee however opening others post is still a divisive issue.

MrWillyWonka

Thanks for the advice people, RTS it is. Wonder If I could get a big red stamp with red ink!

Good thing our nearest postbox is only about 50 metres away!

propertyman

MrWillyWonka wrote: »

Thanks for the advice people, RTS it is. Wonder If I could get a big red stamp with red ink!

Good thing our nearest postbox is only about 50 metres away!

:money:You can register previous occupants on the Mail preference service
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/mps_choosetype.html


Get a sheet of labels for your home printer- cheaper than a red stamp.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I once lived in a house that had been converted into many flats with a high turnover of tenants. There was so much junk mail piling up in the hall that it was actually difficult to open the door on some days. I would periodically put all of it in a large envelope (liberated from work), address it to the nearest sorting office, and stick it in the postbox. Eventually I just scooped it straight into the recycling bin. At least 90% of post is junk these days so not worth worrying about.

fallenwiccan

We have a recycling box sits under the postboxes in my flats that way you can sort out the junk mail as you pick it up and then when the box fills up we take it to the main recycling bin to be taken away. Great system set up and everyone uses it, mostly gets filled with take away menus and when we first moved in I grabbed a few so we had an idea where things were.