Ex still uses my address to advertise his business online.

Luckbealadytonight

Hi.

I have found my address linked to his work adverts online and can't seem to remove it. I jave emailed the websites but it is still there. Any ideas of wjat I can do?

sooty&sweep

If anyone trys to contact the business via your address respond that the business has moved & you've no forwarding address.

There is lots of out of date info out there. If he's doing it deliberately as soon as he realises he's lost business because of it he'll stop.

Jen

maman

Could you email him (or the business) and tell him to change his website?

Luckbealadytonight

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have asked him, (his business isn't a big one, He's a self employed roofer). He still hasn't acted upon it at all The trouble is I've had people knocking in the door and sending letters to me because he owes them money. I've managed to sent them away and stop some of the letters but I just don't need this hassle on my doorstep because I have young children to look after.

DUTR

Luckbealadytonight wrote: »

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have asked him, (his business isn't a big one, He's a self employed roofer). He still hasn't acted upon it at all The trouble is I've had people knocking in the door and sending letters to me because he owes them money. I've managed to sent them away and stop some of the letters but I just don't need this hassle on my doorstep because I have young children to look after.

All well and good, however, have these incidients only occured since he became your ex?
I couldn't believe that they didn't occur prior to that, SE flyers usually are printed.

Guest101

Put up a quick note saying X Roofing is no longer at this address.


I mean it's not that much hassle to open the door and say - no that business is not based here, goodbye

pogofish

Any letters - Simply put them back in the postbox unopened with No longer at this address clearly written on them.

PeacefulWaters

Ask him nicely.
Ask him firmly.
Shout at him.
Scream at him.
Send him a threatening letter.
Send him a solicitors letter.
Get a court order against him.

Guest101

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

Ask him nicely. - great
Ask him firmly. - ok
Shout at him. - dont
Scream at him. - face a harassment charge
Send him a threatening letter. - best not to
Send him a solicitors letter. - waste of money
Get a court order against him. for what?

Not sure how serious your post is...

TBagpuss

Do you have a forwarding address or contact details for him? If so, start providing these.
It is some hassle, but if you get someone show up, saying to them "Neither [his name] nor [business name] have been at this address since [date] but to the best of my knowledge he is at [his address], his phone number is [number] and email is [email] means that they are far more likely to leave and not return. If you are getting phonecall then record an outgoing message saying something like "If you are trying to reach business/ ex's name, you have a wrong number, the correct number and address are *****"

For letters, mark them 'return to sender - not at this address' You are perfectly entitled to open them in order to get information to get them to the correct place, so opening a letter to get a phone number or the sender, so you can ring them and given them his current contact details would be fine, but you are not under any obligation to do that.
Unless you countersigned anything for the business, or your house in in joint names, then you are not liable to anyone and are not obliged to let anyone in.

Bear in mind that it is common for debtors to claim to have moved, so if there are debt collectors looking for him they will be sceptical - you may find it is useful to keep a print-off with his new details which you can hand to them, and perhaps something such as a photocopy of your council tax bill showing your single person's discount, or your tenancy agreement in your sole name, so you can show that you are telling the truth when you tell them he doesn't live there.[/email]

Slinky

I'd put up a note outside with his new address and contact details on for people to see for themselves. If he's got people chasing him for money, it's not in his interest to update his website is it?!

As for post, I'd make sure that got redirected on to him also, takes no longer to scribble it on the envelope than chuck in the box with RTS on it.

If he owes money, he should pay it.