Tenant moved out, but car fines at my address.

Carrot007

Le_Kirk said:

Are the letters actually addressed to you by name?  If not, what are you doing opening them?  Are you/were you involved with the vehicle in any way?

Because it is perfectly legal and what anyone in their own home should do? (unless they want to make htings worse).

Grumpy_chap

Allkid said:

I rented out a room to a tenant, who i had no issues with.

i have now been getting Parking fine letters, demanding payment from a debt recovery agency, acting on MET parking Service.

How do you know?  If these fines are for your ex-tenant's vehicle, surely, the letters are addressed to the ex-tenant.
You have no right to open such letters and should write "moved away" and put back in the post box.

Carrot007

D_P_Dance said:

 In the probably unlikely event of bailif or high court officer, just don't let them in under any circumstances 

Why not  What can they do?

Be a right pain by refusing to belive you are not the person they seek and cause you to spend a lot of time/money sorting it out?

D_P_Dance said:

and call cops if they enter your house via a peaceable entry

What a .load of cobbldrsd'

In order to show them you are serious that is good advice. (cops probably won't tuun up though, well not before hey have left, but good adice to make the right point).

Allkid

@Half_way  - Lol
thanks, will do. 

D_P_Dance

Be a right pain by refusing to belive (sic) you are not the person they seek and cause you to spend a lot of time/money sorting it out?

That would be exceedingly unwise of them.  It is more likely that any/all monies spent would be theirs, I do not suffer fools gladly. 

Le_Kirk

Carrot007 said:

Le_Kirk said:

Are the letters actually addressed to you by name?  If not, what are you doing opening them?  Are you/were you involved with the vehicle in any way?

Because it is perfectly legal and what anyone in their own home should do? (unless they want to make things worse).

I didn't say it wasn't, I asked why the OP was opening them rather than using the Royal Mail advice, which is to cross through the address, mark it NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS and pop it back in a post box.

D_P_Dance

Of course landlords have every right to open mail addressed to ex tenants.  Recently I received six letters addressed to someone whose name   I did not recognise.  They were all from DCAs    I concluded that the address may have been used to obtain dodgy credit.   

Allkid

Hi all..
so an update. 
today  an 'enforcement officer' ( High Court Enforcement Officer on letter, so was not sure if its the Courts) came to my address, while i was at work.
my neighbor mention that the officer took a picture of a car on my drive ( my partner) 
Yes, i open the letter as i now can guess what it was about and the envelope was all red saying immediate attention needed....
( first time was unintentional, i got a bunch of letters that day and  just open them)
i am going to call the officer and explain again, and talk face to face, if that help.

does anyone one know a website that  tells me my rights, when it comes to bailiffs. 
i understand that i do not have to let the officer in my house if he asked to come in, right.? i have no issues with this.
the officer can not assists on take anything from my house, leaving me to prove its mine?
can the officer take something of higher value, like a car to cover the fine?

sorry for the questions, i just do not want to be taken for a mug, i am trying to do the right thing, but now think i need to be a little tougher, i do understand the bailiff/officer has a job to do.

beamerguy

But, is it for the parking ticket(s) or something else your tenant got up to ?

Ralph-y

try   https://bailiffadviceonline.co.uk/

If you have bailiffs calling then this has gone past the original questions you asked.

and it is serious , you need to find what the letter is saying .... who you owe money to.

This is probably a second issue  council issue ... motoring ??? .... council tax ???

get that advice NOW.

Ralph