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debt collectors
chickennugget90
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Hi!
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, please move if it is
My ex moved into a flat when we split last year. He was receiving the previous tenants letters and sending them back with "not known at this address" written on them.
One night debt collectors knocked on the door at 9pm. He explained it wasn't him and they left.
A few weeks ago he returned home from work and received a handwritten letter saying debt collectors had attended the property. He contacted the number on the letter and explained when he had moved in etc.
A few days later as he was getting our baby out of the car to go in some debt collectors followed him in. He showed them his ID and his tenancy agreement showing that he was not responsible for the debt and they left. He contacted the company just to make sure they were aware that its not him as he doesn't want them to keep turning up
This morning (at 7am, so annoying with a kid that hates sleep haha) collectors from the same company knocked on the door. Again he has had to explain to them its not him that is responsible and they've left
What can he do to make them go away!? I'm not particularly bothered if they pester him, but he said they upset the little one which isn't nice
Thanks for any help
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, please move if it is
My ex moved into a flat when we split last year. He was receiving the previous tenants letters and sending them back with "not known at this address" written on them.
One night debt collectors knocked on the door at 9pm. He explained it wasn't him and they left.
A few weeks ago he returned home from work and received a handwritten letter saying debt collectors had attended the property. He contacted the number on the letter and explained when he had moved in etc.
A few days later as he was getting our baby out of the car to go in some debt collectors followed him in. He showed them his ID and his tenancy agreement showing that he was not responsible for the debt and they left. He contacted the company just to make sure they were aware that its not him as he doesn't want them to keep turning up
This morning (at 7am, so annoying with a kid that hates sleep haha) collectors from the same company knocked on the door. Again he has had to explain to them its not him that is responsible and they've left
What can he do to make them go away!? I'm not particularly bothered if they pester him, but he said they upset the little one which isn't nice
Thanks for any help
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chickennugget90 wrote: »Hi!
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, please move if it is
My ex moved into a flat when we split last year. He was receiving the previous tenants letters and sending them back with "not known at this address" written on them.
One night debt collectors knocked on the door at 9pm. He explained it wasn't him and they left.
A few weeks ago he returned home from work and received a handwritten letter saying debt collectors had attended the property. He contacted the number on the letter and explained when he had moved in etc.
A few days later as he was getting our baby out of the car to go in some debt collectors followed him in. He showed them his ID and his tenancy agreement showing that he was not responsible for the debt and they left. He contacted the company just to make sure they were aware that its not him as he doesn't want them to keep turning up
This morning (at 7am, so annoying with a kid that hates sleep haha) collectors from the same company knocked on the door. Again he has had to explain to them its not him that is responsible and they've left
What can he do to make them go away!? I'm not particularly bothered if they pester him, but he said they upset the little one which isn't nice
Thanks for any help
Are they bailiffs or debt collectors.
If they are bailiffs this may help
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/action-your-creditor-can-take/bailiffs/stopping-bailiffs/stopping-bailiffs-if-you-dont-owe-the-debt/
And if they are debt collectors
https://www.stepchange.org/debt-info/your-rights/disputing-debts-with-creditors.aspx
Might be best to get this transferred to the debt free wannabe board where Stepchange reps post.0
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