Could old rented tenants take the house I brought back?

Millsy_13

I recently brought our first house with my partner, went through all the mortgage stuff everything fine, except for tenants that wouldn't leave.
After 8 months of the landlord going through all the courts and finally got them evicted and the sale completed.
We were told that the tenants were the previous owners of the house and could no longer afford it so sold it and the rented it back from the new owner. He then decided to sell as they never paid rent and ended up oweing £10,000 worth of rent. So they were out and everything was fine. We've now been in the house 9 months and they've started coming round asking for mail and telling us they are sueing the previous landlord saying that he underpaid them by £36,000 when he brought their house. They keep asking for their letters saying that they are from their solicitors, now why they are having new mail sent to my house I have no idea I have been just sending it all back to whoever sent it, but by the return address some of it is for solictors. Should I be worried?
When we were trying to buy the house they never tried to stop it other than refusing to leave they ignored every appeal date so why now start something?
Could this effect me owning this house no one said anything when we were buying it not the estate agent, bank or my solicitors.
Could they claim the house back?
Any advice would help.

00ec25

if you mean you bought the house rather than had it transported to you from somewhere else (bRought?) then no, the ex-tenants / original owners have no claim whatsoever against you

KatrinaWaves

No, the house is yours. Any arguments between the previous two owners are their own

Comms69

Millsy_13 wrote: »

I recently brought our first house with my partner, went through all the mortgage stuff everything fine, except for tenants that wouldn't leave. - Nor are they obliged to. You should address your blame to the seller...
After 8 months of the landlord going through all the courts and finally got them evicted and the sale completed. - Yes, and that is the landlords fault.
We were told that the tenants were the previous owners of the house and could no longer afford it so sold it and the rented it back from the new owner. - so they had a special tenancy - though the name eludes me at the moment. He then decided to sell as they never paid rent and ended up oweing £10,000 worth of rent. So they were out and everything was fine. We've now been in the house 9 months and they've started coming round asking for mail and telling us they are sueing the previous landlord saying that he underpaid them by £36,000 when he brought their house. - irrelevant. They keep asking for their letters saying that they are from their solicitors, now why they are having new mail sent to my house I have no idea I have been just sending it all back to whoever sent it, but by the return address some of it is for solictors. Should I be worried?
When we were trying to buy the house they never tried to stop it other than refusing to leave they ignored every appeal date so why now start something?
Could this effect me owning this house no one said anything when we were buying it not the estate agent, bank or my solicitors.
Could they claim the house back?
Any advice would help.

No. the property is yours.

Mojisola

Put an alert on your property at the Land Registry so that you get a warning if they try anything untoward.

I would be opening the letters that arrive at your house to check what's happening.

iammumtoone

I agree with the above open the letters.


Something is not right here, maybe they are pretending they still live at your house to be able to claim against the previous owner. Personally I would be ringing the solicitor involved and telling them they have no right to be posting to your address as these people no longer live there.

Tom99

Mojisola wrote: »

Put an alert on your property at the Land Registry so that you get a warning if they try anything untoward.
I would be opening the letters that arrive at your house to check what's happening.

Both good ideas. Here is the property alert link:
https://propertyalert.landregistry.gov.uk/

Johnhowell

Word of warning on opening letters that are not addressed to you personally or "homeowner". There are several messages on here in this regard.

If letters are addressed to previous tenants by name, then cross out the address and mark on the envelope NOT AT THIS ADDRESS, PLEASE RETURN TO SENDER. the Royal Mail are allowed to open envelopes and find return addresses if not on the back. I would also state "please remove this address from your database".

When I was receiving letters for a previous lodger, I made a list of the sender and date before returning. If the sender keeps on sending, I would mark the envelope "this is the third time of asking - please remove this address from your records", etc. This usually worked, but can take some time.

This should inform the sender that the recipient is playing games.

They have the responsibility to have their post forwarded by the Royal Mail - as you should. I would do a year to catch those yearly subscriptions, etc.

Good luck.

molerat

Johnhowell wrote: »

Word of warning on opening letters that are not addressed to you personally or "homeowner". There are several messages on here in this regard.

If letters are addressed to previous tenants by name, then cross out the address and mark on the envelope NOT AT THIS ADDRESS, PLEASE RETURN TO SENDER. the Post Office are allowed to open envelopes and find return addresses if not on the back. I would also state "please remove this address from your database".

There have been many misinformed posts on here in that regard. No law is broken opening a letter not addressed to you, only if you use the contents of that letter to the addressees detriment are you in the wrong.



Return To Sender on all mail from now on

Johnhowell

I didn't mention breaking the law, however, a quick google found this one topic for further discussion, amongst many others:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2996652/can-i-open-someone-elses-post

Why get involved, just send it to the sender. If worried then do the property alert (new one for me) and take note of the occurrences, as suggested, and then maybe justifiable to open the letter to chase the several requests for removal on the companies' records - but as not the named party they probably justified in not talking to you anyway.

OP - all the best.

Comms69

Johnhowell wrote: »

Quick google found this on this website:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2996652/can-i-open-someone-elses-post

How is that relevant?


Legally you can open any post delivered correctly; as long as you do so with no intention of causing issues to the intended recipient.