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Bailiff looking for previous tenant
maas
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I purchased a property which was previous let to tenants.
I currently have contractors in the property as I am doing a quick refurb before I let it. Yesterday the contractors rang me as a Bailiff came around looking for a previous tenant.
He left his number asking for proof of a new owner and then he will close his file. I've rang and left a mobile message and I have had no call back.
I have since read that I do not need to even provide that information, I just simply inform the bailiff that the person no longer lives here.
What is the correct approach when I finally get hold of this guy?
I currently have contractors in the property as I am doing a quick refurb before I let it. Yesterday the contractors rang me as a Bailiff came around looking for a previous tenant.
He left his number asking for proof of a new owner and then he will close his file. I've rang and left a mobile message and I have had no call back.
I have since read that I do not need to even provide that information, I just simply inform the bailiff that the person no longer lives here.
What is the correct approach when I finally get hold of this guy?
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You can be as helpful or unhelpful as you can be bothered, really. It's the bailiff's problem to find the correct debtor.
Thank you for that. I will just tell him there's a new owner and if he needs proof he can access the deeds of the land registry.
I just wasnt sure if i was obliged to prove it myself.0 -
The more helpful you are the sooner the file gets closed. Else he just marks it as ongoing and you get another call in 3 months. If the right move price has updated tell them to check that, should be enough proof0
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Land registry can take some time to update.
Just leave a letter from the solicitors or something confirming you are the new owner/completed. If you do not tell them, they will probably be back. evidence you now own it and they will not come back.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
You're not obliged, but give yourself an easy life.Land registry can take some time to update.
Just leave a letter from the solicitors or something confirming you are the new owner/completed. If you do not tell them, they will probably be back. evidence you now own it and they will not come back.
Give them a photocopy of that to take away. I know that will cost you a few pence, but remember that economy should be your servant rather than your god.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Love that quote Z0
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tell all bailiffs to talk to the estate agent who sold you the house to see if they will reveal the debtor's addressI purchased a property which was previous let to tenants.
I currently have contractors in the property as I am doing a quick refurb before I let it. Yesterday the contractors rang me as a Bailiff came around looking for a previous tenant.
He left his number asking for proof of a new owner and then he will close his file. I've rang and left a mobile message and I have had no call back.
I have since read that I do not need to even provide that information, I just simply inform the bailiff that the person no longer lives here.
What is the correct approach when I finally get hold of this guy?
( They won't but it will get the bailiffs off your back)0
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