Rent property old tenants post

GTR_King

Please move or delete if not allowed,

long story short moved into rented property (mum owns it) last sept been going smoothly but today had someone  (work colleague of old tenant) who lives in my block of flats or flats other side ask if she had any mail, 

The issue is old tenants work colleague asking for mail reviving it is not an issue

hopefully won’t happen again 

but I would of thought they changed their address what should I do if happens again? 

anselld

Whats the problem, receiving post for previous tenant or being asked?

Just put all post back in the postbox marked "return to sender" and tell the friend not to call again.

GTR_King

The issue is work colleague of old tenants pressed flat buzzer & ask for mail… 

receiving mail for old tenant not an issue at all

user1977

GTR_King said:

The issue is work colleague of old tenants pressed flat buzzer & ask for mail… 

receiving mail for old tenant not an issue at all

What happens to mail which has arrived at their old address isn't your responsibility. So entirely up to you whether you bin it or hand it to a third party or insist on the old tenant turning up before you hand it over. I wouldn't worry about it.

GTR_King

Yeah

Not my problem next time will tell the lady to not turn up again etc 

GDB2222

GTR_King said:

Yeah

Not my problem next time will tell the lady to not turn up again etc 

Good heavens! Why would you do that?  It's very little trouble to store one or two letters, and it's pleasant to have a brief chat with a neighbour. 

Of course, you are within your rights, but a little kindness (and this is really very, very little) wouldn't go amiss. YMMV, apparently.

JuzaMum

Why should anyone be expected to store someone's mail and be disturbed unexpectedly by someone collecting it, when the previous tenant could have arranged redirection?

Grumpy_chap

The old tenant should have arranged redirection.

The best thing to do with any post for the old tenant is to simply write "moved away - return to sender" and pop it back in the post box.

This part confused me, though:

GTR_King said:

long story short moved into rented property last sept

today had someone ask if she had any mail,

Why did this person suddenly knock for mail after 6 or 7 months?
What have you done with any mail that arrived previously for the old tenant?

ArbitraryRandom

It's easy to accidentally send something to the wrong address; I've done it before with Amazon items when I was in a rush and it for some reason defaulted back to an old address. 

For me it would probably depend on the interaction - If the person knocked and said 'sorry to bother but...' then I'd be more open to putting bits on one side than if there was a general attitude of entitlement and irritation that I hadn't kept anything for them. 

And the type of thing might matter as well. I'd be more likely to keep misdirected Christmas cards than statements or bills several months after moving in. 

GTR_King

I have always put RTS dose not live here on their mail in our post box at work (never came back) & been fine doing that as they don’t get much, they moved out in sept 22

it was a woman & a baby that pressed my buzzer (work colleague of old tenants that used to live their) so passed them the mail…

but don’t want to to keep helping 

as not gonna keep their mail just to be collected 

GDB2222

JuzaMum said:

Why should anyone be expected to store someone's mail and be disturbed unexpectedly by someone collecting it, when the previous tenant could have arranged redirection?

It would just be an act of kindness.