The one thing I love about living in London is the fact that you get your mail delivered straight to your door six days of the week. No need to go visit the post office to collect your post from a post box. That means that you are connected to the property you stay in and not an untraceable post box in an office. So when you come home, you always have a bill or flyer waiting for you. I never get constructive and informative post anyway, hehe.

This is where the catch comes in. Because everyone living in the United Kingdom receives mail directly to their door and that ties them to that property, you will find that you will receive a lot of other people’s post when moving into a new property. This is generally a bad thing if you still receive a lot of their old mail. Should the previous tenants raked up a bit of debt or fell into financial problems it relates to the property you stay in and the creditors will look at you funny when you apply for a credit card or loan.

A little tip should you be one of those lucky people being bombarded with previous tenants post, write on each of the envelopes “Return to Sender” as well as “That Person Does Not Live Here Anymore” and you throw it back into the post box. Keep on doing that until you do not receive anything more. That should help clear the bad name should the previous tenants have wrecked it.