Hi all,
Just wanted to run something past you guys.
I bought my house in Feb 2016. Previous owner had post redirected for a year. The second-year we passed post onto them through a neighbour remained in contact with them. I've stopped doing this out of principle now. It's been nearly 4 years and I'm not happy to risk fraudulent activity against my address because these people are too lazy to update their details.
Since then, I've been writing 'no longer at address, return to sender' on their post and reposting it.
Over the past few months, we've been receiving more and more mail for the previous owner, and as curiosity has got the better of me, I've opened it (don't judge me - if they're lazy enough to not change the address after nearly 4 years, it's either suspicious or not important).
The post is in regards to our ground rent for the leasehold. The company is contacting the previous owners to demand ground rent + some admin/late payment fees of around £100.
What should I do? Should I just continue to return all post to senders or contact the company directly and try and sort it out? I'm obviously not happy paying admin fees for something that I've been unaware about. But if I call the company and let them know I've opened their post, it may open up a can of worms?
Cheers.