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AIBU?

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AIBU to return this letter back to DVLA

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DVLAquandry · 30/07/2018 20:36

After 5 years of being impeccable tenants we were illegally served notice to move out a few months ago. We challenged it and will be remaining until the end of our contract period. LL is returning to the UK soon having lived overseas in various countries during that time. He had his post redirected initially (I don’t know where to) and we haven’t had any mail for him for a good few years as I imagine he has got round to informing all relevant parties over this time. A letter addressed to LL from DVLA has arrived at our house today. I am concerned that he is using this address to register a vehicle for when he moves back here. That would mean insuring it through this address too. We have had no requests from the letting agents to pass on ‘new’ mail and we have no direct contact with or contact details for the LL. AIBU to consider returning it to sender ‘not resident at this address’ as I’m concerned any vehicle linked to this address for the next 2 years could possibly cause us problems? I’ve read of LL’s using tenants addresses for car insurance as it produced a cheaper quote but did bite them on the backside when they went to claim as it’s classed as fraud so invalidated their insurance. Could this be the start of all kinds of things being linked to this address? Anyone any experience of similar?

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NotAsGreenAsCabbageLooking · 30/07/2018 20:38

Can you actually make the Bieber of the house wait years to evict you? Surely there’s some small print somewhere that allows hi to terminate under certain conditions...

MojoMoon · 30/07/2018 20:39

Bieber of the house!

outofmydepth45 · 30/07/2018 20:42

Do it, because you think of it as karma you don't need validation

LotsToThinkOf · 30/07/2018 20:42

You sound awful.

Freezingheart · 30/07/2018 20:43

I thought thought (but could be wrong) than you can only have your post redirected for a limited period. So it’s possible the only thing that’s changed is that this has now expired?

Bluelonerose · 30/07/2018 20:44

beiber of the house

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 30/07/2018 20:46

Why does she sound awful? She just wants to fulfill the terms of her contract.
Also, this is not LL's home, so he has no business getting his post sent there.

NotAsGreenAsCabbageLooking · 30/07/2018 20:48

Ha!!! Bieber should have said owner!! 😂😂

cheesemongery · 30/07/2018 20:49

How can you illegally be served notice - you're either served or you aren't.

Section 21 or section 8. Either way it ends up taking months to get you evicted legal or not.

I was in my house with my family for 10 years. I probably would have sent his post back as not known at this address. It broke us and left us homeless. It was a perfectly legal section 21.

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DVLAquandry · 30/07/2018 21:01

Although the threads not about the illegal notice, for clarity we were served notice to leave in 8 weeks when we had just signed a two year contract. We sought legal advice and we are able to stay until the end of that period which is what we have chosen to do.
Re the re direction, would that not have petered out ages ago before now?
Haha at beiber - not sure how I’d feel if he was my landlord!
Double haha at sounding awful! I’ve not opened the letter, just trying to decide what to do for the best without colluding with the LL if they are up to something slightly dodgy. Even a courtesy email from LL via letting agent wouldn’t have gone amiss. I’m interested if anyone has similar experience as it just all feels a bit ‘wrong’ but I’m vey much aware that I’m still feeling a bit bruised from the wrnaglings over the notice and contract

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IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 30/07/2018 21:02

To be on the safe side, send it back to dvla. You don't owe this landlord any favours.

magoria · 30/07/2018 21:04

I think you should RTS.

It is not addressed to you and no one by that name lives there.

honeysucklejasmine · 30/07/2018 21:11

When your mail redirect is about to run out, they write to you to see if you want to renew.

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DVLAquandry · 30/07/2018 21:20

@honeysucklejasmine that's helpful to know, thank you. It's a while since ours ran out so I don't recall. I'm thinking it would be difficult to reset up a redirection after it has expired as you wouldn't have any recent paperwork to accompany it. So it looks like this is a new letter coinciding with his return to the UK? Could be the start of a lot of mail!

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honeysucklejasmine · 30/07/2018 21:59

They give you about a months warning, so he probably didn't bother to renew or amend the redirection address, thinking he would be back in the house by then.

monkeysox · 30/07/2018 22:03

You can only re direct for two years.

Smurfy23 · 30/07/2018 22:12

Previous owners of our house still had their cars registered to our house even though it's 2 years since they moved out. We only realised when we kept getting fines (plus other bills that they were running up on our address.....!!). I wrote a nice letter to.DVLA telling them that Id discovered another car was still registered to our address but that the only licence plates they should have were mine and DH's and anyone else's were not really here

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