Seller left lots of rubbish in house

Skiddaw1

ouraggie said:

 I once got rid of 93 old housebricks by putting one in the middle of every bin bag i filled. Took me nearly two years !

Oh my goodness that brings back memories! With us it was gallons of concrete pantiles. I tried FB, freecycle, etc but no-one wanted them. Mr Skiddaw (bless him) took them to the local dump in batches.

womble12345

Call up the estate agent and say you received some important looking letters for the old owner and ask for their forwarding address so you can send them on, hopefully that will then get you the address and then you can use that for your court papers.

Alderbank

GDB2222 said:

Curiously, to issue proceedings, he can use the last known address, ie the house he now lives in. That means he will win by default, as the ex owner won’t even know about the proceedings. Then he just instructs bailiffs to collect on the judgment, and they can easily trace the ex owner. 

He can, but when the ex-owner finds out, as he will from the bailiff, he can challenge the judgement. The courts take a very dim view of their time being taken up with stunts like this. The OP will find it very difficult to argue that it was a reasonable belief that the ex-owner still lived at his address, especially since the claim is about what the ex-owner left behind.

Skiddaw1

It just isn't worth the hassle and bother is it?

Novice_investor101

GDB2222 said:

Curiously, to issue proceedings, he can use the last known address, ie the house he now lives in. That means he will win by default, as the ex owner won’t even know about the proceedings. Then he just instructs bailiffs to collect on the judgment, and they can easily trace the ex owner. 

If they’ve redirected their mail with the post office then they’ll receive it at their new address. 

Letsgetmoving

The admin costs for small claims is unlikely to be much different from a skip. 

We inherited a full attic of stuff after buying a repossession, it was mostly junk we had to get rid of but one or two pieces of furniture are still with us one house on…

it is a bit rubbish for your son but he’d be quicker and more successful just dealing with it

[Deleted User]

The loser pays the admin and other costs for small claims court. The only issue is finding an address for the seller.

GDB2222

The admin cost for a £300 claim is just the £35 court fee, which is added to the claim. You would need to fill the court form out yourself, but with MCOL that’s easily done in ten minutes. 

SensibleSarah

kipsterno1 said:

@SensibleSarah I remember your loft hatch post. Please do provide an update when you finally get it open.

Pretty sure I'll go to my grave without opening it, but promise to update if I ever do!

Loza2016

Some of the items might interest the local scrap man who will take away for free. They usually advertise on local Facebook sites