To throw their post away

[Butttons]

We moved house two years ago and are still receiving post for the previous owners, not just the odd letter or Christmas card but screwfix catalogues, notices from companies house (wtf - why would you not change your address with them), and the NHS. I'd make the effort to locate them on Facebook but they were awful vendors to us and I'd rather not have any direct contact with them. They left the place filthy, left furniture there which we had to dispose of and the whole downstairs was covered in mouse droppings (vom) which hadn't been apparent when we viewed the property. We had to get the place deep cleaned and treated for rodents the day after we moved in. With a 2-year old and a 2-week old (not sure how they put up with all this with their 4-year old - double vom). As a result we don't exactly have amicable feelings towards them.

I've dutifully "returned to sender" with most of their post but we received a couple of parcels just before christmas with no return address on it. (As sn aside, who the hell sends a parcel with no return address on these days?!) What do I do with these parcels? I think they may still live locally as I used to see the wife around a couple of times when we first moved in but havent seen her in over a year.

Write 'not known at this address' and pop them into the post office.

Well maybe I have no morals but I'd open them first!

I'd just hand the parcels in to the post office and say not known at this address. However if I was getting debt collector or finance type letters I'd ring and tell them where they live if you can find out. Last thing you want is bailiffs at your door.

I'd just hand the parcels in to the post office and say not known at this address. However if I was getting debt collector or finance type letters I'd ring and tell them where they live if you can find out. Last thing you want is bailiffs at your door.

I'd just hand the parcels in to the post office and say not known at this address. However if I was getting debt collector or finance type letters I'd ring and tell them where they live if you can find out. Last thing you want is bailiffs at your door.

I'd just hand the parcels in to the post office and say not known at this address. However if I was getting debt collector or finance type letters I'd ring and tell them where they live if you can find out. Last thing you want is bailiffs at your door.

I'd just hand the parcels in to the post office and say not known at this address. However if I was getting debt collector or finance type letters I'd ring and tell them where they live if you can find out. Last thing you want is bailiffs at your door.

Arghh! Sorry for multiples - kept seeing a message saying unsuccessful on my phone

Will the post office accept them?

(I got the error message too which is why there's two threads for this )

Hand them into the post office.

Hand them into the post office.

Forward it to their estate agent or solicitor.

Oooops sorry for the double. I got the same message as @Spartasprout and thought it didn't work.

Parcels would go back to the post office. I returned loads of post as not at this address for the people who lived in our house before us. After the fifth court letter though I rang the department of justice and registered it as them not living here. Could do without bailiffs turning up.

(May or may not have then nosied at the letter but ''twas just a boring unpaid speeding fine....)

We had similar, lots of letters from HMRC & debt collection agencies. I took them all down to the office of the solicitors they had dealed with for the sale & asked them to forward to them. Also told them to tell them to change their address as any further ones would be getting binned. Haven't had any since

Are you me op?
We were left with a filthy house and letters coming for years after we moved in.

I sent loads of them back but eventually started binning them. I did open a couple of official looking ones and they were from debt collectors.
Eventually we did have a balliff round looking for them, but I told them they didn’t live here any more, they said fair enough, have never been back and the letters have stopped.

Eminybob - maybe it's the same vendors!!

I can't understand people who don't clean up after themselves when they move

We still get letters for the previous owners after three years. And it's clear that they still have their cars registered to our address along with at least one of their companies. I sometimes see a relative of theirs and used to hand it back but we've now spoken to our postman and the post office seem to be dealing with it directly as we've had nothing for a couple of months. So might be worth a chat with your postman.

We're living in rental property (for another 5 weeks). we've had mortgage statements, student loan letters, court summons and driving stuff all turn up in the last few months for the owner. Weve been here 2 years and all of a sudden we get their mail and they decide to put the house on the market 🤔

I've dutifully returned to sender in all cases. Letting agent didn't really want to know as 'it's their home'. Not sure what else you can do in these situations.

Im still getting the odd Christmas card after 15 years!

Same issue here OP. Drives me nuts. I did the decent thing and did 'return to sender' or 'not known at this address', and re posted.
Now it's been over 2 years and I'm still getting them. I open them if they look important and call or email who sent it. I received one by recorded delivery (which I stupidly didn't check the name on) and the person it was addressed to was being sacked at work for poor food hygiene (chef) . I called the company and told them they need to call him to collect the letter. He looked very embarrassed picking it up.
All the Christmas cards that have been sent for them this year, I've let my 3 year old open (autistic and has a thing about letters). I'm not their personal Royal Mail service, and they've been told to change their address several times. The rest will be going in the bin now. I have no idea how you can forget to change your address for important matters (NHS, HMRC, GP, work, etc).

Same problem here. I asked my solicitor after the bailiffs turned up the second time. She recommended “Return to Sender, no longer at this address” for anything serious looking (eg bank statements, invoices, HMRC, etc) and bin the rest.

On Companies House, you can force a change of address. I rang them and explained the situation and was sent a form to complete with proof that the address had changed ownership and Co House dealt with it for me. They were incredibly helpful.

I'd bin the letters but I'd probably open the parcels if it's anything nice it can be your reward for the shit they left you with!

We have the same, 5 years later still getting the odd letter.
Previous owner left the house in a dreadful mess, poo on toilet seats, mouldy fridge etc.
The previous owner actually opened bank accounts using our address after they moved and took out car insurance. I sent everything back to sender until I discovered he was still registering his financial business using our address.
I traced him on Facebook and he was abusive claiming he did not use our address and I was lying. He used various expletives ! and then blocked me.
So I then started opening the letters, he owed thousands on his car repayment and they were going to send debt collectors round, I contacted the company and gave his new address which I had managed to track down using google. He unblocked me on Facebook soon after to send me another message as he was not happy i’d Given out his new address. Well tough !
Letters have mostly stopped now except we get a Christmas card every year from the same family which has no sender address so I can’t return it. An occasionally a debt letter for various loans .

We have it too... 5 years on.

The best though was a lady turning up with a bag to stay the weekend... you’d think if they knew each other well enough to stay for the weekend they might of mentioned the little fact that they had moved!!