Home owner

I bought a new home in April 2005, but since a few months, I am receiving letters from the council addressed to the previous owner. i think they are reminders for not paid parking tickets or similar (I can se this through the enveloppe, final red-coloured reminders..). I return the letters to the council, informing them this person does not longer live here. I stil receive letters from them, i guess shortly a bailiff will be knocking on my door? What can i do to avoid this?

In the United Kingdom, if a home owner (a person who owns their own home outright - not still paying a mortgage) is made jobless, what is the extent of benefits they are allowed to claim, assuming they are a job seeker? Does their ownership of the home count as "capital" from a benefits point of view, or only cash capital & savings?

YES I know its an "investment" . Me and husband have been homeowners for the last fifteen years and I don't feel that we currently benefit from being homeowners (maybe when we're old people). There are people I know who live on my road in the same house as ours whose houses inside and out (cause they are owned by the local council) are nicer than ours. All their home improvements like double glazing, new kitchens and bathrooms and repairs are done for free and we can't afford to as we are paying a mortgage. It doesn't seem fair.
One day WILL be a pensioner with no mortgage but I am young now and never have any money left to enjoy life. There are a lot of things I can't do when I am a pensioner that I am physically and mentally able to do now. I just can't afford to.
Shannow58 had the right idea. Probably one of those many senior citizens I constantly see driving around with a car a lot newer than mine!!!!

I just recently graduated from college and am looking to move out of my mother's house asap.

Let's say you are really into expensive sports car so that would fulfill a big dream of yours.
personnal experience appreciated.

my new home is a spacious 3001 square feet...there is a huge picture window in the front of the house. on my days off i often wander/traipse through the house in my birthday suit. you see, i am a naturalist and believe the body is beautiful no matter what size or shape. on a few occasions during the monthly neighborhood watch meetings, i have been informed that i must put curtains or some kind of window covering on the picture window. the neighbors it seems, have taken offense to seeing my naked body. i am hurt by this...if they do not want to see nature at its best...then they should not look. any suggestions?

The occupants of a rented house are making a great deal of trouble in the neighbourhood; I want to find out the name and adress of their landlord in order to write to him - how do I find this out? (in UK)

the previous owner of my house left a fair bit of debt behind by the looks of it and I recently had a letter addressed to 'the occupier' aka ME, saying that they need my details after I told them she no longer lives here. I didn't want to give my details to some random debt collectors but now I have an unaddressed letter saying Bailiffs came round when I was out and will call back at an unannounced time. What should I do. Its not my debt!