Help & Suggestions please as next year I will have no UK address

[Keith5588]

I am a UK male. I have no children or immediate family in the UK.

 

I bought my first house in the UK aged 21 then worked for 40 years in the UK, a very simple life.

Next year I plan to sell my UK house, so after that I will not have a UK address. I do have some friends who would say it’s OK to use their address for correspondence but I don’t like to impose too much, I think I am very independent.

 

I have been living in Thailand the last few years with my Thai gf /partner and love life here in Thailand.

 

It’s a new concept to me to not have an address in the UK!  I’m trying to come to terms with it and am about half way there. Sort of a planned no fixed abode as I now know that I want to spend the rest of my life in Thailand.

 

I haven’t started my UK state pension yet. For those that think I am planning to later deceive the DWP into thinking that I am still in the UK that is not the case, when I am receiving my state pension and I move permanently to Thailand I do not have a problem in informing them. Saying that I also have no moral judgement upon those that do not as freezing UK state pensions in one country and not another I think is unfair and wrong.

 

I have tried to go totally paper free but some UK banks and also some investments still insist on sending letter post.

 

I have done quite well as over the past 5 months I received just 5 letters in the post.

I am thinking of paying for a mail forwarding company for the initial few years after selling my house.

 

I did post in this forum on a different topic and had a suggestion of  https://www.myukpost.com/

It does look good but the prices are £20 per month + £1.50 per letter handled. Assuming 10 letters per year that would be £240+£15 = £255 per year.

 

I would not want any opening of letters or scanning done. I would instruct them just to send all letters to my friend in the UK.

 

I would like to find somewhere cheaper than the above. Ideally a place that someone has used and recommends?

 

Thank you

Keith

[oliverphoenix2]

       I use Ghost Mail Limited,  GBP29 +VAT per year for a low user mail forwarding account + handling/posting fee per item. If you're forwarding to UK address it will cost much less per year than your example, even forwarding 1 item/month to Thailand will probably cost GBP150/year. I think the last debit card I had forwarded to Thailand was around GBP10, it depends on whether you want it tracked or not. They offer different subscriptions depending on your needs - google it for their website. 

 

        It will be cheaper if you have at least some stuff scanned and emailed to you. When they receive something for me (nothing so far this year) they email me and I instruct them what to do. I've been satisfied with their service over 4 years.

[Keith5588]

1 hour ago, oliverphoenix2 said:

       I use Ghost Mail Limited,  GBP29 +VAT per year for a low user mail forwarding account + handling/posting fee per item. If you're forwarding to UK address it will cost much less per year than your example, even forwarding 1 item/month to Thailand will probably cost GBP150/year. I think the last debit card I had forwarded to Thailand was around GBP10, it depends on whether you want it tracked or not. They offer different subscriptions depending on your needs - google it for their website. 

 

        It will be cheaper if you have at least some stuff scanned and emailed to you. When they receive something for me (nothing so far this year) they email me and I instruct them what to do. I've been satisfied with their service over 4 years.

Thanks @oliverphoenix2

I have had a look and see what you mean. £29 per year then £2.50 per letter.

+ a min of 2 X £1.55 (Royal Mail large letter charge) if they forward the letter

Or if they scan and email is just 15p per side of paper then 20p for disposal.

All fees + VAT

 

So assuming I have 10 letters and have them all forwarded it would be £29 + £25+ £31 = £85+VAT = £102

 

As you write it will be less if I have some scanned and emailed.

 

Thanks again, it sounds good and is helping me decide what to do.

 

[dayo202]

I been using ukpostbox.com for the past 8 years.

£12 for a UK address, plus extra for they service's