How do i stop getting mail for the previous tenant?

Question

I keep getting letters for the previous tenant, he was renting off the person that i bought the house off.

forgot to say I'm in the UK.

Answer 1

You need to register the last occupants with the Mailing Preference Service.

I did this with many previous occupants of this house and all junk mail dried up pretty quickly.

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/mps_choosetype.html

You must ust use Internet Explorer - Firefox does not work.

Answer 2

If you are receiving junk mail the post office will do nothing about it other than throw it away. That is because the mailer has used bulk mail rates. Take the entire envelope and stuff it into any enclosed prepaid envelope. Be sure to indicate the person has moved. The mailer not only pays the full price on the returned mail but also a prepaid fee and overweight fees. It will stop quickly.

Answer 3

This hapened for me, when i moved i was getting lots ofletters for the previous tenant, i returned to sender and this didnt work, so i sent all the letters to the post office, but still no joy, i was gettin 4 letters a day and i even had debt collectors turning up at my door.
In the end it go tso bad eveytime a letter came ,i opened it and rang the company, mostly debt collectors and told them direct that the person they were sending leters for didnt live here anymore.
Finally that worked now i dont ever get letters for anyone but me.

Answer 4

I have the same problem too - grr. I wrote nicely to the previous tenant at their new address suggesting that they get the post office to redirect their mail while they are changing their addresses - not expensive, bout 12 squids for 3 months. It didn't work. I'm now chucking it in the bin, unless it looks like holiday magazines or cash (kidding..)

Answer 5

Mail preference service is correct. Royal Mail have to deliver the mail to the address on the letter even if the postman knows its wrong (even if its a neighbour). Its part of the contract with the SENDER. If you continue to get mail after the preference service return the letter to sender (write on the front and cross the address out).

If they still send you letters about a month later contact them on an individual basis. Your postman cannot stop them coming its Wilful delay of mail and potentially carries a prison sentence.

Answer 6

Go to your general post office first and ask them to stop this. Then if you know the solicitors involved in the renting post all the mail you have to them along with a letter explaining the position - to save you postage drop it through their mailbox and ask them to pass it onto their Client, or give it to the post office or just put back the mail back in the post with "No Longer At This Address" written on it.

Answer 7

I had that problem ,you will have to keep putting them back in the post box not known or they will keep on .Junk mail should stop after 2 years or so.It does stop slowly ,if you get official letters then beware and i did end up opening some and phoning companys and sorted a few that way.

Answer 8

Write to your local post office explaining that you're the new tenant, they'll probably give you a form to fill in, as always, and after that you shouldn't receive anymore unwanted mail, this can include junk mail to. Don't know what they charge, but I'm sure it's not to much.

Answer 9

I used to just write "not at this address" on the unopened envelope, and put it back in the post box. I believe that the mail is then returned to sender.
If the same company kept on writing regardless, I sometimes used to just bin it, or sometimes would write messages such as "are you stupid, NOT AT THIS ADDRESS, what don't you understand??" on he envelope before posting it off again.
I think it worked - I eventually stopped getting mail for the previous occupants.

Answer 10

On each piece of mail you get for them, you write on the envelope: Addressee not at this address. Then, you place it BACK into your mailbox for the carrier to pick up. If the carrier fails to pick it up, save up a bunch, and take them into the post office and speak with a street supervisor. Be sure to write the above on EACH envelope or piece of mail that comes through to you with the other person's name on it.Don't listen to some of these other ninnies, as they have NO idea what they are babbling about, as usual. I have told you the correct information.