Muldoon Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 None. It's not theirs. It is not Bubble3082's place to open the door for them though. If they want access to her house they can go down the legal route and get the debtor involved. Possession is still 9/10th's of the law ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Possession is still 9/10th's of the law ?? Indeed. I never said Bubble will get to keep her new sofa. It may not be hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muldoon Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Indeed. I never said Bubble will get to keep her new sofa. It may not be hers. Sorry Chris, I couldn't resist throwing that old stalwart in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodStar Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If it's the furniture that they're after then it doesn't really belong to the new tennant..what recourse in law do they (the new tennant) have to hold onto it? Genuine question.. The debt collectors dont know there is any of their mans property in the house to take. And if they did they have no right to enter the property to take it. If the old tenant wanted the property back (for himself or to hand to the debt collectors) the issue would be between the Landlord and the old tenant. The terms of their lease (ie- what happens to any of the tenants property left behind when the contract ends) might be important. Ultimately the new tenant might have to hand it back if the property did not fall into the landlords posession for him to give away to new tenant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The debt collectors dont know there is any of their mans property in the house to take. And if they did they have no right to enter the property to take it. If the old tenant wanted the property back (for himself or to hand to the debt collectors) the issue would be between the Landlord and the old tenant. The terms of their lease (ie- what happens to any of the tenants property left behind when the contract ends) might be important. Ultimately the new tenant might have to hand it back if the property did not fall into the landlords posession for him to give away to new tenant. If it's on HP and not paid for then it isn't even the previous tennant's property..as I understand HP anyway..assumong this is the issue that's causing the men to turn up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If it's on HP and not paid for then it isn't even the previous tennant's property..as I understand HP anyway..assumong this is the issue that's causing the men to turn up.. well presumable they can get a CCJ against the previous tennant and that would allow bailiffs to legaly enter and take their property, but I would presume the current tennant and landlord would have to be kept in the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodStar Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 What a tangled can of worms we have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 well presumable they can get a CCJ against the previous tennant and that would allow bailiffs to legaly enter and take their property, but I would presume the current tennant and landlord would have to be kept in the loop. I would have thought whoever these people are, they're not the slightest bit interested in the actual sofa or fridge or whatever. It's the money they want. No matter who they are they can't enter a property or seize any goods without a court order. It's simply not the OP responsibility. The old tenant is not there. End of story! Tell them to go and find him / her. They don't live there any more! EDIT: Oh and another thing occured to me. They abandonded the goods. Whoever is chasing them want the money, cos they are responsible for the debt. The actual goods don't have much to do with it. It's the debt that matters (to the original tenant) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble3082 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Thank you so much for your replies. I'll keep telling them that the previous tennant has moved out, and like a few said show them my tenancy agreement if needs be. Should anything further happen, I'll deal with it as and when. I think I definately need to have a word with the landlord about this though. Thank you very much xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 well presumable they can get a CCJ against the previous tennant and that would allow bailiffs to legaly enter and take their property, but I would presume the current tennant and landlord would have to be kept in the loop. I might be wrong but I don't think a CCJ will allow bailiffs into the home of someone they have no issue with or debt owed by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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