Post redirection
Discussion
I'm trying to set up post redirection for my parents' house - my mother recently died and the house is on the market. It would be useful to get all the post that is still going there to my address so I don't have to pick it up.
Stupidly I assumed it would be relatively simple to set up a redirect on the RM website. The first problem is that it assumes that you are moving - there's loads of reasons you might want to redirect post, but whatever. The second is that it assumes that you are the person that lives there - so I have to pretend to be one of my parents in order to set it up.
What's weird is that I get through all of the setup and it fails citing "we are unable to confirm your identity". I can't work out what the problem is though, does it check who is registered at an address first? It's asking me to download and print a form which I then have to sign as the person at the address which is fraught...
Stupidly I assumed it would be relatively simple to set up a redirect on the RM website. The first problem is that it assumes that you are moving - there's loads of reasons you might want to redirect post, but whatever. The second is that it assumes that you are the person that lives there - so I have to pretend to be one of my parents in order to set it up.
What's weird is that I get through all of the setup and it fails citing "we are unable to confirm your identity". I can't work out what the problem is though, does it check who is registered at an address first? It's asking me to download and print a form which I then have to sign as the person at the address which is fraught...
Hi,
I had to do this for my Brother a year ago , I had probate granted but don’t think I had to send any thing off. I used My details not My Brothers and had no issues , they send a confirmation letter to both addresses to check that it is not a false application.
Thinking about it , I may have gone into my local post office to do it and shown the probate letter.
Good luck
I had to do this for my Brother a year ago , I had probate granted but don’t think I had to send any thing off. I used My details not My Brothers and had no issues , they send a confirmation letter to both addresses to check that it is not a false application.
Thinking about it , I may have gone into my local post office to do it and shown the probate letter.
Good luck
I think people have explained on here about the post office.
Another thought is ask either the agent or a neighbour to pop in, stick some prepaid big envelopes by the letter box and ask them to post on?
Lastly sorry again for your loss, when my mum died, I notified all the banks and important people, the rest can simply wait and after a while ignore them. There shouldn't really be that much after banks, insurances, medical etc. that will be that urgent. Get utilities transferred over or frozen etc and then nip once a fortnight\monthly at most.
Another thought is ask either the agent or a neighbour to pop in, stick some prepaid big envelopes by the letter box and ask them to post on?
Lastly sorry again for your loss, when my mum died, I notified all the banks and important people, the rest can simply wait and after a while ignore them. There shouldn't really be that much after banks, insurances, medical etc. that will be that urgent. Get utilities transferred over or frozen etc and then nip once a fortnight\monthly at most.
Looks like you'll need to fill in a form and provide some documentation (link below).
It was a few years ago that I had this task myself, I don't recall the details but I got it sorted out fine.
Good luck, and sorry for your loss.
https://help.royalmail.com/personal/s/article/Redi...
It was a few years ago that I had this task myself, I don't recall the details but I got it sorted out fine.
Good luck, and sorry for your loss.
https://help.royalmail.com/personal/s/article/Redi...
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