We recently bought a house and are now receiving huge amounts of mail from banks, credit companies etc addressed to a previous tenant here who appears to have been hugely in debt. We have no forwarding address and are concerned that bailiffs may arrive in an attempt to recover assets. I have posted some mail “return to sender” but is there anything else that can be done?
I take it the previous owner of your house has no forwarding address? It’s possible he, as landlord, was owed money too. You don’t need to worry about the bailiffs, since they are only interested in the debtor’s property, not yours. However you should contact credit reference agencies such as Equifax and Experian to ensure that the tenant is no longer listed at your property. Make sure the electoral roll is updated quickly too.