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Should I get a tenants forwarding address?
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Have you given the legally required 24 hours written notice that you’re going to show up at the tenant’s home?dllive said:Thanks guys. I’ll go over later and have a chat with him.2 -
Agree with the responses above.
As an aside: 30 days notice? I assume then this is a contractual periodic tenancy and the contract specifies 30 days? Unusual. One full tenancy period, or 28 days if weekly periodic would be more usual.0 -
dllive said:Do you always insist a tenant gives you a forwarding address? Or is it unreasonable to expect so?
You cannot insist on a forwarding address. It is reasonable to ask (once only) and it can be useful.dllive said:Indeed. I really feel like I should get his forwarding address. I will push the point a bit harder when I see him, or in an email. As you say, you would want to give your landlord a forwarding address so he can forward any post etc...
On the other hand, you need to take ownership of notifying utilities yourself at each end of the void period (to protect yourself as much as anything) and do you want to be involved with having to forward post etc? That is the tenant's responsibility to set up a redirection - if the tenant doe snot, you can simply "return to sender" or bin anything that arrives for the former tenant.
Try not to be too nice.1 -
As a tenant I always refused to provide a forwarding address. All my landlords would have an email address and mobile number so I was never uncontactable. I always have my mail forwarded for a year so the landlord can write to me at the rental property address and it will reach me, same for utility companies etc.1
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You must have much more reliable redirection than I've had in the past. For me, a lot gets missed.Vannaa said:As a tenant I always refused to provide a forwarding address. All my landlords would have an email address and mobile number so I was never uncontactable. I always have my mail forwarded for a year so the landlord can write to me at the rental property address and it will reach me, same for utility companies etc.0
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