Lodger left with debts

[spikep]

My son had a lodger who has now returned back to India. He is now getting debt letters from Vodafone named for the lodger which my son has returned as ‘no longer at this address’. Vodafone have also sent a letter addressed just to the house number which he opened and tried to call them about but they would not talk to him as it’s not his contract.

He’s now had a hand delivered letter through the door addressed to the lodger with no return details on it. I assume it’s from a debt agency.

What should he do next?

[mikef]

Write “not at this address” on the envelope and stick it in a post box?

Anyone who has had tenants has probably had this. They give up chasing after about 5 or 6 years

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

Just keep telling them that they no longer live there and can they please stop contacting him at that address.

[Louis Balfour]

spikep said:

My son had a lodger who has now returned back to India. He is now getting debt letters from Vodafone named for the lodger which my son has returned as ‘no longer at this address’. Vodafone have also sent a letter addressed just to the house number which he opened and tried to call them about but they would not talk to him as it’s not his contract.

He’s now had a hand delivered letter through the door addressed to the lodger with no return details on it. I assume it’s from a debt agency.

What should he do next?

Nothing whatsoever. It is not his problem. It will stop soon enough.

[Wackywoo105]

Years ago I rented a house where the previous tenants had done a runner leaving behind a trashed house and various debts. At first I sent the debt collecting mail back "no longer at this address" as I received it. I got fed up doing this, so started to save it up and send it all back in one go. I think I once posted nearly 100 letters. Many appeared to be from the same sender. This seemed to do the trick and letters started to dwindle off.

I also used to open junk mail and fill the enclosed free post envelope with junk mail, so it weighed a ton and was hopefully a large expensive package.

Edited by Wackywoo105 on Friday 26th January 14:43

[Simpo Two]

Wackywoo105 said:

Years ago I rented a house where the previous tenants had done a runner leaving behind a trashed house and various debts. At first I sent the debt collecting mail back "no longer at this address" as I received it. I got fed up doing this, so started to save it up and send it all back in one go. I think I once posted nearly 100 letters. Many appeared to be from the same sender. This seemed to do the trick and letters started to dwindle off.

After writing a couple of polite replies to a debt collection agency, to no avail, my third letter said that if they bothered me again I'd charge them £50 admin fee for my time. They bothered me again so I invoiced them for £50. Stupendously, they paid!