From: "Peter King" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Is it legal to give my bank a mailbox address (whilst I'm in New Zealand)
Date: 26 Sep 2006 06:04:51 -0700
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john.islington@mac.com wrote:
> I rent, but I will be going to New Zealand for about 6 months
>
> I can get a 'mailbox' from www.mbe.uk.com - the address will look like:
>
> Apartment 333
> 333 Totenham Court Road
> London
> WC1 1AA
>
> (that's obvioulsy not the actual address - it's the general layout)
>
>
> It looks as though it's a real address.


The bank will know as soon as they type it in that it is a Mail Boxes
Etc address (The PAF file will tell them as soon as they enter the
postcode, and I believe there is a blacklist of accomodation
addresses), they may be happy to take it as a correspondence address
but will still want to know where you are really living, especially if
you have unsecured borrowing. Why don't you just ask their advise, its
hardly an unusual situation.

> Can I walk into the Halifax (or whoever I bank with) and say 'This is
> my new address'

I have never been asked for proof of my new address at the Halifax,
only a few security deails off my account, it may well vary from branch
to branch though.

Peter