AWOL neighbour

FreeBear

droopsnoot said:

I wonder whether there could be an anonymous phone call tipping off the local police that there might be a body buried in the back garden, or proceeds from a robbery or something a bit less unpleasant.

The police would need a lot more than just a single anonymous phone call  before investing time & man power to dig up a garden.

sgthammer

I'd endorse the idea of sending a letter, recorded/signed for, with a return-if-undelivered address on the envelope. No need for threats of action at that stage, just a polite expression of concern.

If it doesn't come back, you know it's been received somewhere; if it comes back with a redirect label on it, you know he's abandoned that address too. On the other hand, you might be lucky and he or his representative will be happy to make some arrangements. It's worth a punt.

neilc75

I'm 100% confident that he's not there , initially he told me that an uncle had died and he had inherited a property , started to visit this property less and less , occasionally turned up to do 15 mins of gardening and left 

RAS

If you don't know his name, go to the local history library and ask where you get access the old electoral registers? If they don't have them, they'll know where they are.

They should give you the required volume. You are not allowed to photo the page and they may be nervous about you leafing through the volume. So take pen and paper or make a  on your phone. Then see if you can check the most recent edition? 

I'd be inclined to report to as an empty home? 

Ms_Chocaholic

Ask the postman/woman if post is still being delivered there? That will give you a clue as presumably after all this time he will have changed his address for bank statements etc.

FreeBear

RAS said:

If you don't know his name, go to the local history library and ask where you get access the old electoral registers? If they don't have them, they'll know where they are.

Local council will have a copy of the closed (and open) electoral register that you can peruse.

Bigphil1474

The issues could be classed as nuisance - particularly the overgrown garden. Speak to ASB or Environmental Health team at the council. Most councils will have an empty property 'team'. Usually just one person to be fair, but always worth trying them. If it was me, I'd definitely ask the postie, and pop a note through the letter box asking them to get the garden sorted or you will in, say, 2 weeks time. Who is gonna complain about you improving someone's garden? Maybe get a relative to do the actual work, just in case.

MACKEM99

FreeBear said:

droopsnoot said:

I wonder whether there could be an anonymous phone call tipping off the local police that there might be a body buried in the back garden, or proceeds from a robbery or something a bit less unpleasant.

The police would need a lot more than just a single anonymous phone call  before investing time & man power to dig up a garden.

One way to make the garden better.😄

Eldi_Dos

MACKEM99 said:

FreeBear said:

droopsnoot said:

I wonder whether there could be an anonymous phone call tipping off the local police that there might be a body buried in the back garden, or proceeds from a robbery or something a bit less unpleasant.

The police would need a lot more than just a single anonymous phone call  before investing time & man power to dig up a garden.

One way to make the garden better.😄

I wonder if those garden makeover programs actually check who holds the title deeds before doing their improvements.