Previous House Owners Mail

I'd never consider moving and not setting up mail redirection. We factored it in as part of our moving costs.

It isn't 100% reliable though as it's done on a manual basis at the sorting office of the original destination. I had numerous issues with it when I moved out of my house and rented it out.
 
If it's more than a few months after they've moved out/ you've moved in I'd say bin it.
If the previous occupants haven't sorted their new address with the banks etc in that time then that's thier problem, not yours.
Ps- always ensure you have a nose before binning, you never know, it may be important.. ;)
 
For any reasonable new resident, just need to give them a set of pre-printed sticky labels with a forwarding address , and they just put them back in a nearby post-box.
Might have to wait a bit if they are away but otherwise no point in paying $$ to post office,
A few £'s for labels and printing s/w free
 
We were on very good terms with the people that bought our old house so they were very happy to redirect the post that Royal Mail seemingly couldn't be bothered to do.

The people we bought from didn't leave a forwarding address and didn't setup any redirection. Idiots.
 
Why not change your name by deed poll to that of the addressee then you can legally* open it? :cool:



*probably not though
 
Gammawolf said:
I don't understand why people don't use mail redirection, costs £60 for a whole year of service while you sort your **** out.
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In my experience it doesn't work very well. He got huge amounts of mail still and the previous owners had no incentive to update their details. We got a car tax reminder a year later.

4 years later and we only get the occasional item now.
 
Mujja said:
Been in our home for 15 years and every Christmas we get a card for who we guess was the previous occupier.

It's a small personal handwritten card signed with just the first name. No return address etc.
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We're approaching 5 years at our current place now, and still get Christmas cards through for the old lady that lived here. Sad thing is, she was 96 when she moved out into a carehome, so chances are she's not with us anymore ... :/

We also get the odd tax statement from one of her bank accounts, but return-to-sender hasn't stopped them. You'd have thought banks might be more careful with that, but perhaps not! Everything just goes in the bin now.
 
If return to sender isn't working, just open it and contact the sender directly advising the individual no longer lives at the address. Stops all debt collection letters.
 
I agree always have a nose before binning. When people scarper without sorting their addresses out it's usually due to debt mail. You don't want random bailiffs turning up one day, least if you check their mail you'll have a heads up if when they do.
 
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