Collecting mail from old address

remembe

What are your rights regarding collecting mail from an old address?
Is there any reason why you cant knock on the door and ask for your old mail?
I moved house a month ago, but the old landlords agent is being very negative, saying 'it is illegal to interfere with the mail' and 'it will all be returnred to sender' in emails

I dont wish to pay for redirection, I still live nearby

davidmcn

Of course you can knock on the door and ask for your old mail. But the current tenants have got no obligation to keep it for you or answer the door to you. Why are you talking to the agents about it?

Grumpelstiltskin

Why didn't you do mail redirection?

glentoran99

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Why didn't you do mail redirection?

presumably


"I dont wish to pay for redirection"

marliepanda

Sorry but if I was the tenant Itd be going in the bin or returned to sender. I wouldn't want you knocking on my door because you didn't want to pay for a service.


Either pay for it or ring the companies you haven't updated yet. If you don't remember to update them, it cant be that important...

glentoran99

I got mail redirected to me from the people who live in my old house now, Wee glitch in the matrix there

alanq

How would new tenants know that the person turning up at the door demanding the mail is actually the person the mail is addressed to? In any case there would be a risk of someone continuing to use the old address for some underhand purpose.

Red-Squirrel_2

You have the right to get your mail redirected.

Marvel1

Any old mail goes straight back in to the postbox marked "no longer at this address" I am not keeping them for previous tenant/owner to collect.

If they got funny with me about it, there is a bin.

G_M

What a lot of unhelpful people....!

The legal advice given is absolutely right - no obligation on the new occupant, tenant or owner, to do anything with the mail. It has been properly delivered by RM to the correct address. Thereafter it can be binned, returned to sender, or pretty much whatever the occupant chooses.

But personally I'd keep it for a short while and if the old occupant rang, or knocked, I'd arrange to hand ti over.

Yes, RM re-direction is sensible, but it's never 100% reliable - occasional post will still go to the old address. And these days there are multiple other mail companies too....

Plus, yes, some people are just not so organised and don't put redirection in place till you suggest it to them (which I'd do if they turned up to collect their mail!).

But meanwhile, why not be helpful and pass on the mail if asked - at least the first time, or if RM redirection has let one slip through.

Karma.

marliepanda

G_M wrote: »

What a lot of unhelpful people....!

The legal advice give is absolutely right - no obligation on the new occupant, tenant or owner, to do anything with the mail. It has been properly delivered by RM to the correct address. Thereafter it can be binned, returned to sender, or pretty much whatever the occupant chooses.

But personally I'd keep it for a short while and if the old occupant rang, or knocked, I'd arrange to hand ti over.

Yes, RM re-direction is sensible, but it's never 100% reliable - occasional post will still go to the old address. And these days there are multiple other mail companies too....

Plus, yes, some people are just not so organised and don't put redirection in place till you suggest it to them (which I'd do if they turned up to collect their mail!).

But meanwhile, why not be helpful and pass on the mail if asked - at least the first time, or if RM redirection has let one slip through.

Karma.

If the old occupant brought tea and cake... I'd consider it.