Vendor is insistent on visiting after completion

m0bov

Ask him for a couple of SAEs. After that you will bin all post after opening to check for anythIng fraudulent.
Change locks.
Tell him not to return again.

Emmia

m0bov said:

Ask him for a couple of SAEs. After that you will bin all post after opening to check for anythIng fraudulent.
Change locks.
Tell him not to return again.

A SAE won't stop the mail coming, but returning to sender will - all you do is cross out the address and write "return to sender not known at this address" and put it back in the box. 

We've got a kit that lets you make your own rubber stamps, which we used to make a stamp up - that, an inkpad and a sharpie to cross out the address is super quick.

We redirect all the mail for people who've moved out of the flats for our building - which would otherwise pile up.

Irishpearce26

Emmia said:

m0bov said:

Ask him for a couple of SAEs. After that you will bin all post after opening to check for anythIng fraudulent.
Change locks.
Tell him not to return again.

A SAE won't stop the mail coming, but returning to sender will - all you do is cross out the address and write "return to sender not known at this address" and put it back in the box. 

We've got a kit that lets you make your own rubber stamps, which we used to make a stamp up - that, an inkpad and a sharpie to cross out the address is super quick.

We redirect all the mail for people who've moved out of the flats for our building - which would otherwise pile up.

The thing is all return to sender does is return the mail, it doesn't stop it the next time or the next time. The OP needs to send a message to this guy that she's not his secretary. Bin the mail, ignore him and he will soon get things organised.

Abbafan1972

Wow this is really creepy.

I would definitely change the locks!

Emmia

Irishpearce26 said:

Emmia said:

m0bov said:

Ask him for a couple of SAEs. After that you will bin all post after opening to check for anythIng fraudulent.
Change locks.
Tell him not to return again.

A SAE won't stop the mail coming, but returning to sender will - all you do is cross out the address and write "return to sender not known at this address" and put it back in the box. 

We've got a kit that lets you make your own rubber stamps, which we used to make a stamp up - that, an inkpad and a sharpie to cross out the address is super quick.

We redirect all the mail for people who've moved out of the flats for our building - which would otherwise pile up.

The thing is all return to sender does is return the mail, it doesn't stop it the next time or the next time. The OP needs to send a message to this guy that she's not his secretary. Bin the mail, ignore him and he will soon get things organised.

Companies / banks don't keep writing to the address once they've had the mail returned - so yes it does stop the ongoing mail. 

Of course it can take a while for all the people with his old address details to write - but about 95% will have gone within  2 - 3 months if you keep returning it. 

Binning the mail doesn't inform those writing that he no longer lives there.

I'd also change the locks, and ignore him when he phones or comes round.

Abbafan1972

Josiea said:

Hi All,

We completed on the purchase of our first property at the end of April. Firstly, when we collected the keys from him, it felt as if he was reluctant to give us them and did a full tour of the house all over again and it took over an hour for him to hand our keys over and leave the property. The vendor left the shed and garage full of his rubbish upon completion, our solicitor held money back from him until he had moved his items. It took him two weeks and multiple visits to move his stuff and even still, he had left a number of small things laying around which we overlooked.

 He has not had his post redirected and constantly shows up at our house to collect it completely unexpectedly and then calls our numbers when we don't answer the door to ask where we are. We either have to arrange for him to collect his post or drop it off to him every week or so. This proves difficult as we are both working full time and barely get any time to ourselves as it is. 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. 

Where do we stand legally if he continues to bother us? 

Thanks

So you have his new address then? (see highlighted bit).  Just put this address on the front and put it back in the post. But returning to sender would be better though. 

Marvel1

Irishpearce26 said:

Emmia said:

m0bov said:

Ask him for a couple of SAEs. After that you will bin all post after opening to check for anythIng fraudulent.
Change locks.
Tell him not to return again.

A SAE won't stop the mail coming, but returning to sender will - all you do is cross out the address and write "return to sender not known at this address" and put it back in the box. 

We've got a kit that lets you make your own rubber stamps, which we used to make a stamp up - that, an inkpad and a sharpie to cross out the address is super quick.

We redirect all the mail for people who've moved out of the flats for our building - which would otherwise pile up.

The thing is all return to sender does is return the mail, it doesn't stop it the next time or the next time. The OP needs to send a message to this guy that she's not his secretary. Bin the mail, ignore him and he will soon get things organised.

However much better than keeping and handing it to him.

Emmia

Abbafan1972 said:

Josiea said:

Hi All,

We completed on the purchase of our first property at the end of April. Firstly, when we collected the keys from him, it felt as if he was reluctant to give us them and did a full tour of the house all over again and it took over an hour for him to hand our keys over and leave the property. The vendor left the shed and garage full of his rubbish upon completion, our solicitor held money back from him until he had moved his items. It took him two weeks and multiple visits to move his stuff and even still, he had left a number of small things laying around which we overlooked.

 He has not had his post redirected and constantly shows up at our house to collect it completely unexpectedly and then calls our numbers when we don't answer the door to ask where we are. We either have to arrange for him to collect his post or drop it off to him every week or so. This proves difficult as we are both working full time and barely get any time to ourselves as it is. 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. 

Where do we stand legally if he continues to bother us? 

Thanks

So you have his new address then? (see highlighted bit).  Just put this address on the front and put it back in the post. But returning to sender would be better though. 

But in forwarding it to his new address you're not stopping the mail - you're just acting as a free redirection service, so he doesn't need to pay royal mail...

GDB2222

I’m really surprised that people are being so unkind. The old chap should be let down gently. He may be rather lonely and sad about moving away. The OP is not social services, but many people here are urging him to behave in an appalling way, which is quite unnecessary to solve the OP’s problem.

Abbafan1972

GDB2222 said:

I’m really surprised that people are being so unkind. The old chap should be let down gently. He may be rather lonely and sad about moving away. The OP is not social services, but many people here are urging him to behave in an appalling way, which is quite unnecessary to solve the OP’s problem.

How so?  My last post was meant as a joke. 

I hope the OP gets it all sorted sooner rather than later.