Do you send post on to previous Owner/tenant?

PancakeP

I got my new (to me) house last week and have the forwarding address for the previous people, who were tenants. Would you forward their post on to them, or do I just send it back Not at this address? Or bin it? Or . . .?

highguyuk

Personally, I'd send it on for a short while (upto 1 month) and then see how it goes...

Smith_007

Seriously ?

If you moved out of a house, what would YOU like the next owner to do with YOUR post ?

antrobus

Smith_007 wrote: »

Seriously ?

If you moved out of a house, what would YOU like the next owner to do with YOUR post ?

I wouldn't expect the next owner to do anything. I'd already have arranged redirection with Royal Mail.

DKLS

I would expect the previous owner to set up mail forwarding, and I would print out a "return to sender, pls remove from database" stickers and post them back.

PancakeP

Smith_007 wrote: »

Seriously ?

If you moved out of a house, what would YOU like the next owner to do with YOUR post ?

FWIW I AM planning on sending on the post to the previous tenant for a while at least. I am only asking whether people "normally" do this, or if you would have expected them to take out Post redirection service if they were that bothered about their lost post.

bouicca21

I do, though after 18 months am about to stop ...

Werdnal

Even if tenant does take out a re-direction, post sometimes slips through. They have to do it 100% correctly as sometimes Mrs A Smith or Mrs Angela Smith will be redirected, but Mrs Smith or Angie Smith might not be.

I would re-direct for about a month, then drop everything else back in box with "no longer at this address, RTS" written on it.

Windsorcastle

My tenants recently moved out and asked me to forward any post to them. I will do so for another month or so, but then I would expect them to have sorted out their redirection, and anything arriving after that can't be that important!

Interestingly, I subsequently found various items of post addressed to myself there, that they had never bothered to forward to me, or even give to me when I've visited for maintenance etc.

BitterAndTwisted

Most normal people would forward mail for a bit. Five minutes out of your life once or twice a week is not exactly taxing or onerous, is it?

StevenMarks

Smith_007 wrote: »

Seriously ?

If you moved out of a house, what would YOU like the next owner to do with YOUR post ?

I'd expect them to bin it as I would do with any mail that arrived at the house I bought.

I might make an exception if the previous owner left pre-stamped envelopes with their address written on. But it would only be once or twice that I'd bother to send any post on before just binning it.

If you want your post redirecting then redirect your post.