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Marc2629

Getting strong vibes from this film I saw on weekend "Indtruder" on Netflix....

Irishpearce26

General_Grant said:

Irishpearce26 said:

Put the mail in the bin, perfectly legal as its your address. He will soon get the message and get a redirection.

Perhaps it's legal in Ireland.

But

The Postal Services Act 2000 states that it is not legal to open someone's post, or delay it reaching the owner.  Putting it in a bin would seriously delay its receipt.

The OP should cross through their address (but allowing it to be decipherable) and mark as "gone away" and put in a postbox.

If the post is delivered to the address on the letter you can do whatever you want with it. If it’s delivered to you but has a different address then it’s not legal to open it. 

Marvel1

Stop keeping his post, return to sender.

Block his number.

buythedip

Have you changed the locks?

saajan_12

The rest about mail / leaving stuff behind etc could be attachment, or could just be laziness and overusing your generosity. Way forward is to RTS any mail, and calmly but clearly state its an inconvenience to continue discussing or handling his mail, so he needs to set up redirections.

Josiea said:

He constantly shows up on our street and talks to neighbours etc, which is fine but its becoming strange. 

We had to tell him to get a redirection, which he still hasn't and he seems frosty with us now. I don't want him to gossip to our neighbours about us. 

However this point about neighbours is fair enough - he may have made friends with the neighbours, and its perfectly normal to catch up with friends. Some areas end up being more of a community, not everyone is just cordial with their neighbours. If it was talking to an old school friend or work colleague, that would be normal not strange or someone overly attached, so same here. And the street is where they all are, so a quick chat might be easier than full on plans to go for dinner. 

You can't, and IMO shouldn't stop someone from talking to friends / acquaintances. 

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General_Grant said:

Irishpearce26 said:

Put the mail in the bin, perfectly legal as its your address. He will soon get the message and get a redirection.

Perhaps it's legal in Ireland.

But

The Postal Services Act 2000 states that it is not legal to open someone's post, or delay it reaching the owner.  Putting it in a bin would seriously delay its receipt.

The OP should cross through their address (but allowing it to be decipherable) and mark as "gone away" and put in a postbox.

If you’re going to cite that Act then quote it rather than posting what you think it says. 

84Interfering with the mail: general.(1)A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he—(a)intentionally delays or opens a postal packet in the course of its transmission by post, or(b)intentionally opens a mail-bag.(2)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 83 apply to subsection (1) above as they apply to subsection (1) of that section.(3)A person commits an offence if, intending to act to a person’s detriment and without reasonable excuse, he opens a postal packet which he knows or reasonably suspects has been incorrectly delivered to him.

(1)(a) the post is not in transmission as it has been delivered to the OP’s address. 

(3) the post has been delivered to the correct address on the envelop therefore it was correctly delivered. 

What is seriously delaying the delivery of the previous occupant’s post is him not updating his address with the organisations sending him post or paying for a redirection. There is no need for him to inconvenience the OP any longer. 

SaverRate

Marc2629 said:

Getting strong vibes from this film I saw on weekend "Indtruder" on Netflix....

My Sentiments exactly!

yllop1101

Marc2629 said:

Getting strong vibes from this film I saw on weekend "Indtruder" on Netflix....

I was thinking exactly the same 😂

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yllop1101 said:

Marc2629 said:

Getting strong vibes from this film I saw on weekend "Indtruder" on Netflix....

I was thinking exactly the same 😂

And me! 🤣

Irishpearce26

This will not go away by ignoring it. If you write no longer at address or return to sender it will carry on. My last house for 4 years I was returning to sender with no change. In the end I just binned the mail, i was perfectly legal to and kept doing until I left.

As others have said if its got your address on it and the postie delivered it the it is fair game. If you continue to RTS or give him the mail it will never end. Bin it, enjoy your house and eventually he will get bored and walk away.