AIBU to think this intimidating house buying letter should be reported to police?

Do you have community wardens in your area? They work alongside the police and would happily support this couple.
if not, definitely report to the police. They work in intelligence and would be able to see if there was a pattern within the area and allocate resources accordingly.

But you can answer anything to this question. Companies have no way of checking. As long as you give the same answer when asked for it, it is not a problem. I never use my mother’s actual maiden name or name of school, etc. It’s a security check to make sure it is you, and only you will know what security answers you gave.

I personally would ignore i however as your neighbours are elderly I think they should Report it. It easy enough to get the owners of a property name via land registry though. Sounds like a very pushy property buyer that should be told to eff off. Hopefully after being told they have no intention to sell they should bugger off

no, £7 only gives you the names of the people or person who own the property snd the mortgage company that the people are using... which I think is far too much information

the information is on the electoral register - name and address

then the digital/electronic electoral register often (Not always) has age band (55-65) next to the name - so the company now have their name, address and approximate age by 10 years

the electron register lists everyone who is registered at the property and anyone not registered that should be can face a hefty fine for not being registered.

https://www.192.com/people/search/

pop your name only int he box and see who comes up... you may find yourself.

I will not find me as I tick no to going o the full register, which councils sell and companies can put up online

They will have got the names from the Land Registry. If he turns up, they should not open the door at all but shout through the door they are not interested, and if he doesn't leave, call the police and say they are being intimidated.

I suggest you report it to the police as it could be and probably is a scam. The person may try another tactic to gain entry to their home.

It could also be someone trying to buy up big properties to turn them into MOH or similar.

Hence my comment 'don't answer the door'
Irrespective of whether its the letter written or his bitch ,it's immoral behaviour

Does £7 give you all of, the names and number of people living in the house and their ages?

As an aside, it doesn’t take an Inspector Clouseau to get one of the funniest of Peter Sellers’ characters name correct.

10-1 ‘they’ won’t turn up at 11.00 am from
previous experience they’ll know the householders will either won’t answer the door or have sought some help.
It’s likely to be on another day or different time if they turn up at all.
Better to give whatever details on the circular to the police who may have already received complaints about these sales tactics
More worrying IMO is these people are checking out vulnerabilities to burglary

The Police with absolutely not ‘laugh them out the door’ as stated above. These are elderly people who have been put in a state of fear and alarm and certainly in Scotland that constitutes a Breach of the Peace which is an offence at Common Law. At the very least it should be recorded.

Either that or from the Land Registry.

I do the same.
First pet name is the one I have the most fun with.

Definitely log with the police, who may have someone, e.g. community support, available for advice. This couple are unlikely to be the only couple who have received a letter.

Assuming they own the property, their names are probably on the land registry title, and it will show when it last changed hands - that's enough for an interested party to guess at their age. Ownership hasn't changed for 58 years, which means they're at least mid-70s in age.

It's great that you, your friend and your friend's brother are taking this seriously.

You do know you don’t have to use your mother’s actual maiden name? My mothers maiden name was very common so I just use the surname of an old school friend that I feel is quite hard to guess.

@Blopi
Because the housing market has become what it is
You'll always get some dodgy type who will try anything to obtain properties in this case by bullying it seems
I suggest your friends neighbours speak to the police and Citizens Advice just to belt and brace themselves and put their minds at rest
Then get on with their lives

Not contemptuous, just bloody busy....

I would be wary of assuming the people calling around are the people who actually sent the letter. Quite a lot of scammers like to outsource the grunt work to keep themselves out of harms way. It's entirely possible some poor soul is trying to earn a crust and has been hired by scammers to make the approach.

(Anyone who has dealt with franchise outfits will know the score).

Yes, report to the police and monitor who comes around.

The last thing you need is an estate full of HMOs, full of illegals drug dealing, car jacking, burglarising, mugging people, shoplifting, littering, stabbing teenagers, graping girls, filming leering at little kids.

once you get one HMO, the whole street will turn HMO. It’s like one bad apple. Soon the whole street is a no-go zone.

watch your house value plummet in value.

watch the neighbour become totally unsafe. Then you have riots, civil unrest as a locals gets attacked.

I think on Thursday under no uncertain terms should these elderly people answer the door,keep doors locked. Your neighbour could ring the none emergency police number for advice as if they turn up,it could be deemed as harassment

I think this is more common than you think. They should ignore it. If the person turns up, then don't answer the door. It's intimidating but I wouldn't say it's threatening.

The fact they are elderly and vulnerable and could get conned into doing something they don’t want to do, I would report this.

Also, who the fuck do people think they are. ‘We think your house is too big for you so we want to take it off you to house multiple people’

Makes my blood boil that people think they are entitled to do this to poor elderly vulnerable people. So what if someone thinks their house is ‘too big’ is their bloody house!!!!!

If nobody can be around to see to this ‘meeting’ please advise them not to answer the door to anyone.

How, pray tell ?

Absolutely right IMO.

Absolutely! Disgraceful, older people can get vulnerable (especially someone living alone).
Please make sure they have someone else with them (stronger & younger), so they don't appear as easy pickings at that specific time!
And if anyone DOES turn up, send them off with a flea in their ear! It will also re-assure the couple who's house it is, otherwise they'll worry about a repeat scenario! CF's 😡