Tracing Missing Tenants

Before you decide to trace a tenant firstly consider how much is the debt and is it worth your time and money pursuing them

• If they are working then you can get an Attachment of Earnings
• If they have assets these can be ceased by Bailiffs using a Warrant of Execution
• If they own property or land you can use a Charging Order
• If you know their bank account details (see tenant application form)  you can use Third Party Debt Order
• It may not be about the money but the principle of your trust being abused. Is it worth £60 for a CCJ?

How does the tracing service work  

1. We need the property address they were renting from you. Full name including middle names - preferably Date of Birth but not essential as an approximate age will suffice.
2. If a tenant was with you for less than a year, we could also search a previous address (this should be on the tenant application form,)  
3. We then search for all persons who were registered at your property. We search banks, mobile phone companies, Utilities, Financial Services Providers, Sky, Post office mail redirect service and many more.
4. We match every person with the same or similar to your tenants name. This is because people with debts swap first and last names, change D.O.B and misspell Surnames to try and avoid being traced.
5. We check for any accounts that have been redirected or opened. Tenants won't tell you but will tell their banks and mobile phone company where they now live.
6. We produce a report and tell you where a person of that or similar name and Date of Birth now lives
7.  In an ideal world you should satisfy yourself it is the correct person (we are confident it will be) prior to issuing legal proceedings.

The tenants then wake up one morning to a nice letter from the courts informing them you are suing them.