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    • I understand confusion with this thread.  I tried to keep threads separate because there have been so many angles.    But a team member merged them all.  This is why it's hard to keep track. This forum exists to help little people fight injustice - however big or small.  Im here to try get a decent resolution. Not to give in to the ' big boys'. My "matter' became complicated 'matters' simply because a lender refused to sell a property. What can I say?  I'll try in a nutshell to give an overview: There's a long lease property. I originally bought it short lease with a s.146 on it from original freeholder.  I had no concerns. So lender should have been able to sell a well-maintained lovely long lease property.  The property was great. The issue is not the property.  Economy, sdlt increases, elections, brexit, covid, interest hikes etc didn't help.  The issue is simple - the lender wanted to keep it.    Before repo I offered to clear my loan.  I was a bit short and lender refused.  They said (recorded) they thought the property was worth much more and they were happy to keep accruing interest (in their benefit) until it reached a point where they felt they could repo and still easily quickly sell to get their £s back.  This was a mistake.  The market was (and is) tough.   2y later the lender ceo bid the same sum to buy the property for himself. He'd rejected higher offers in the intervening period whilst accruing interest. I had the property under offer to a fantastic niche buyer but lender rushed to repo and buyer got spooked and walked.  It had taken a long time to find such a lucrative buyer.  A sale which would have resulted in £s and another asset for me. Post repo lender had 1 offer immediately.  But dragged out the process for >1y - allegedly trying to get other offers. But disclosure shows there was only one valid buyer. Lender appointed receiver (after 4 months) - simply to try acquire the freehold.  He used his powers as receiver to use me, as leaseholder, to serve notice on freeholders.  Legally that failed. Meanwhile lender failed to secure property - and squatters got in (3 times).  And they failed to maintain it.  So freeholders served a dilapidations notice (external) - on me as leaseholder (cc-ed to lender).   (That's how it works legally) I don't own the freehold.  But I am a trustee and have to do right by the freeholders.  This is where matters got/ get complicated.  And probably lose most caggers.   Lawyers got involved for the freeholders to firstly void the receiver enfranchisement notice. Secondly, to serve the dilapidations notice.  The lack of maintenance was in breach of lease and had to be served to protect fh asset. The lender did no repairs. They said a buyer would undertake them. Which was probably correct. If they had sold. After 1y lender finally agreed to sell to the 1st offeror and contracts went with lawyers.  Within 1 month lender reneged.  Lender tried to suggest buyer walked. Evidence shows he/ his lawyers continued trying to exchange (cash) for 4 months.  Evidence shows lender and receiver strategy had been to renege and for ceo to take control.   I still think that's their plan. Lender then stupidly chose to pretty much bulldoze the property.  Other stuff was going on in the background. After repo I was in touch by phone and email and lender knew post got to me.   Despite this, after about 10 months (before and then during covid), they deliberately sent SDs and eventually a B petition to an incorrect address and an obscure small court.  They never served me properly.  (In hindsight I understand they hoped to get a backdoor B - so they could keep the property that way.)  Eventually the random court told them to email me by way of service.  At this point their ruse to make me B failed.  I got a lawyer (friend paid). The B petition was struck out. They’d failed to include the property as an asset. They were in breach of insolvency rules. Simultaneously the receiver again appointed lawyers to act on my behalf as leaseholder. This time to serve notice on the freeholders for a lease extension.  He had hoped to try and vary the strict lease. Evidence shows the already long length of lease wasn't an issue.  The lender obviously hoped to get round their lack of permission to do works (which they were already doing) by hoping to remove the strict clauses that prevent leaseholder doing alterations.   The extension created a new legal angle for me to deal with.  I had to act as trustee for freeholders against me as leaseholder/ the receiver.  Inconsistencies and incompetence by receiver lawyers dragged this out 3y.  It still isn't properly resolved.  Meanwhile - going back to the the works the lender undertook. The works were consciously in breach of lease.  The lender hadn't remedied the breaches listed in the dilapidations notice.  They destroyed the property.  The trustees compiled all evidence.  The freeholders lawyers then served a forfeiture notice. This notice started a different legal battle. I was acting for the freeholders against what the lender had done on my behalf as leaseholder.  This legal battle took 3y to resolve. The simple exit would have been for lender to sell. A simple agreement to remedy the breaches and recompense the freeholders in compensation - and there's have been clean title to sell.  That option was proposed to them.   This happened by way of mediation for all parties 2y ago.  A resolution option was put forward and in principle agreed.  But immediately after the lender lawyers failed to engage.  A hard lesson to learn - mediation cannot be referred to in court. It's considered w/o prejudice. The steps they took have made no difference to their ability to sell the property.  Almost 3y since they finished works they still haven't sold. ** ** I followed up some leads myself.  A qualified cash buyer offered me a substantial sum.  The lender and receiver both refused it.   I found another offer in disclosure.  6 months later someone had apparently offered a substantial sum via an agent.  The receiver again rejected it.  The problem of course was that the agent had inflated the market price to get the business. But no-one was or is ever going to offer their list price.  Yet the receiver wanted/wants to hold out for the list price.  Which means 1y later not only has it not sold - disclosure shows few viewings and zero interest.  It's transparently over-priced.  And tarnished. For those asking why I don't give up - I couldn't/ can't.  Firstly I have fiduciary duties as a trustee. Secondly, legal advice indicates I (as leaseholder) could succeed with a large compensation claim v the lender.  Also - I started a claim v my old lawyer and the firm immediately reimbursed some £s. That was encouraging.  And a sign to continue.  So I'm going for compensation.  I had finance in place (via friend) to do a deal and take the property back off the lender - and that lawyer messed up bad.   He should have done a deal.  Instead further years have been wasted.   Maybe I only get back my lost savings - but that will be a result.   If I can add some kind of complaint/ claim v the receiver's conscious impropriety I will do so.   I have been left with nothing - so fighting for something is worth it. The lender wants to talk re a form of settlement.  Similar to my proposal 2y ago.  I have a pretty clear idea of what that means to me.  This is exactly why I do not give up.  And why I continue to ask for snippets of advice/ pointers on cag.  
    • It was all my own work based on my previous emails to P2G which Bank has seen.
    • I was referring to #415 where you wrote "I was forced to try to sell - and couldn't." . And nearer the start in #79 .. "I couldn't sell.  I had an incredibly valuable asset. Huge equity.  But the interest accrued / the property market suffered and I couldn't find a buyer even at a level just to clear the debt." In #194 you said you'd tried to sell for four years.  The reason for these points is that a lot of the claims against for example your surveyor, solicitor, broker, the lender and now the receiver are mainly founded in a belief that they should have been able to do something but did not. Things that might seem self evident to you but not necessarily to others. Pressing these claims may well need a bit more hard evidence, rather than an appeal to common sense. Can you show evidence of similar properties, with similar freehold issues, selling readily? And solid reasons why the lender should have been able to sell when you couldn't.
    • You can use a family's address.   The only caveat is for the final hearing you'd need to be there in person   HOWEVER i'd expect them to pay if its only £200 because costs of attending will be higher than that
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last july 2010 i went in to perfect homes and got a washer dryer from them - i was a good payer

 

july 2011 i got 2 sofsa from them - i payed them upto the beginning september 2011 .

 

I fell in to financial difficulty with in a week

they was ringing me up threatening me they was coming around and putting their foot in door to get in.

 

They came round

my partner answered the door

at this point i was very scared

he said i wasnt in 5 times in a week

they came round to our house with the store manger looking in the window having my dog barking .

 

They forwarded it on to temple finance 4 weeks later

 

a big hard man came round throwing his weight about with my partner but he wasn't having any of it

the man got in his van then another man came in a van

 

my partner took our 19 month old to the bus stop to get our daughter from school

 

they flagged a policeman in his van down and told them we had two big dogs and we said we was going to let them out to bite them

 

the police approached my partner and put it to him

he said hes got one dog and they were looking in the front window

 

the policeman said he cant get involved

 

the two men from temple finance threatened my partner in front of the policeman that his [edit] mate wont be here next time to protect him

 

the police man told them to leave and as can not threaten people like that - so they went.

 

2 week later they sent a woman out

my partner answered the door well i was hid behind it

 

they asked for me - he said i wasn't in and shut the door

 

she bang very loud and hard

 

i had babies in the house so he opened the door and told her to get lost

he told her to get out the garden because he wanted to let the dog out for wee

 

he shut the door, but she was still there on her phone saying the man had handled her then she walked out the gate

 

later that night the police came around to arrested my partner for a assult on the lady that came earlier

 

im 7 weeks pregnant and have two children 19 months and 4 years old

we were all really stressed out

my partner got bailed at 4:15AM

he also got told that she said that he put her arm right up her back and pushed her out the gate

but we have a witness to say she walked out by her self

 

they have harassed us

made false allegations against us

they had load of sources in the area so they say to feed them information about us - stalking us

 

we had 2 pit bulls dogs they said we were gonna let them out to bite them

we have a dog - its a small terrier

 

they need to be close down all of them

they aint getting away with what they done to us

 

together we could stop all this bullying

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Welcome to the site.

Quite a shocking story,I will move your post to the appropriate forum.

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So you say that you have witnesses to the alleged incident ?

What you need to be doing is writing down a log of all these events.

Did your partner request a solicitor when arrested ?

How many payments were you behind with when they began these visits ?

Did you inform them that you were experiencing difficulties-and how did you do this ?

What are the arrears now and have they managed to take any of the goods ?

What communication have you had from Temple and how have they done it ?

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Perfect Home is a trading style and appears on Temple Retail Limited Consumer Credit licence.

Their licence gives no scope or permissions for debt collection since this was removed from that in February 2011.

 

Licence/Application Number Licence Status Applicant/Holder Name 0609601 Current Temple Retail Limited Event Details:

 

 

Event Number Event Type Date of Receipt Closed Date Status 3 Variation 13-Dec-2010 11-Feb-2011 Completed

 

Categories:

 

CategoryAction Debt administrationRemoved Debt collectingRemoved

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However a second CC licence exists in the name of Temple Finance Limited and debt collection was added to this in 2011.

Therefore they are expected to be uphold codes of conduct as laid down by the OFT.

 

Licence/Application Number Licence Status Applicant/Holder Name 0585474 Current Temple Finance Limited Event Details:

 

 

Event Number Event Type Date of Receipt Closed Date Status 7 Variation 13-Dec-2010 11-Jan-2011 Completed

 

Categories:

 

CategoryAction Credit brokerageAdded Debt collectingAdded

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I'd suggest recording any further contact you have with them. I'd also recommend you buy a cheap CCTV system to back you up.

Get witnesses to make statements about what they saw, an present these to the police. This woman is breaking more than just laws about trespass, by making false allegations she is also wasting police time. Use these witness statements to make a complaint to the police for harassment, along with a log of activity (door knocks, phone calls etc)

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Since there are likely to be ongoing investigations with the Police,it is likely that any complaint to the regulators would only be investigated after the Police have finished.

But you cannot let them get away with this,and as I said need to be compiling a written log of events by dates and times.

You should also be thinking about a Solicitor.

 

Others will be along to respond here.

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yes i do have a witness my neighbour saw the lady walking out the gate even saying where she was from i have written down the times and dates of the events that took place when my partner was arrested he did get a duty solicitor they started visiting me when i missed a weeks payment they rang me up and i told them that i was going threw difficulty finance they said if the wasnt there by the end of the with a payment they would be round to come in and get the goods the arrears are about 6 weeks now they havent mange to take the goods i havent had any communication with them my partner did i was to scared the both times of them coming the police was involved .

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Understood.

I think you should put a letter in writing lodging a complaint.

You will need to have a response in writing to escalate action since they have to be given the opp to respond.

 

This should be hard hitting and making it clear that what has happened is incomprehensible.

 

Also this letter needs to be going to one of their named Consumer Credit licence officers.

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First things first. the police (without a Warrant, unless they are in hot pursuit) , bailiffs and thugs from finance companies have an implied licence under Common Law to walk up to and knock your front door. You are perfectly entitled to tell them through the letter box (do not open the door) that any licence under Common Law is hereby revoked and they must leave your property/land forthwith. If they do not then you telephone 999 and report an emergency situation, or if they force their way in you are perfectly entitled to use reasonable force to remove them from your land and then proceed against them for trespass. We have an old case, the name of which escapes me, that involved a policemen forcing his way into a house to arrest a prostitute. By all accounts she was quicker than him, she splatted his nose before he could restrain and arrest her. He did not have a warrant. She was convicted at Magistrates. The conviction was overturned on Appeal. The copper, I suspect, and his colleagues learnt of the very limited powers they have.

 

The problem we have is that most police constables are as thick as two short planks and have no idea of the limit of their powers. They all struggle through a few weeks training and believe they are practising lawyers, pontificating on just about everything. If you think I am too harsh get a copy of the entrance exam. A ten year old on a bad day could do it.

 

They are all vociferous compulsive liars. It sounds very much as if your partner was wrongly arrested and are able to pursue a claim against the Chief Constable. No point in complaining at station level, they won't have a clue what you are talking about or will protect the constable concerned, by not asking you the right questions.

 

If you are harassed again in this quite disgraceful way cite Section 40 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 - "It is an offence to harass someone over a debt if the action is likely to cause the person or their family alarm, distress or humiliation." By the principle of vicarious liability I would submit this principle applied upwards to the head of the company instructing the so called bailiffs. The penalty is up to a £5,000 fine per offence, heard before Magistrates. You should also be writing and complaining to the Office of Fair Trading, who, if they ever get off their backsides, will close the company down making its debts unenforceable.

 

The best of luck. Finally, whenever this happens video and record it on your mobile phone and make contemporaneous notes. See if any witnesses heard the commotion and saw anything and take a statement off them too.

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yes the police came and threaten to arrest my partner again which he didnt want because got to go back to the police station on the 11th november for the false allegation of assault the police man said temple finace/perfect homes can do what they want infact they told me they can come in a window

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Right, the police are talking absolute balls.

I had the same things from them, threatening arrest, telling me PH could break in and if they didn't want to take the bed back, they could take my son's pram and cot if they preferred etc etc.

I knew this was absolute bull, so I e-mailed a complaint to the local chief of police. I had an e-mail back assuring me that all of the information I had been given was false, and that the two officers in question would be disciplined. He apologised and assured me that he was taking this very seriously.

You need to do the same. Write to the local Superintendent and explain what has happened and how the police are misquoting the law (include accurate quotes eg the police officer said that the PH employee could break into my house to recover goods, however the law states that only a certified bailiff can break in in the following situations: blah blah blah, and this is not the case here)

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Let us be clear about the issue of the police advice that the bailiff, in these circumstances, can legally break in. Absolute Rot! Which explains better than I ever could, why the police should not get involved in giving advice on matters civil - they simply do not have the training for it. A bailiff, in this case, cannot break in! He would be guilty of breaking and entering and trespass at the very least and you would be perfectly entitled in my judgement to forcibly remove him (using reasonable force) and/or call the police and have him arrested. However, if a door or window are closed but unlocked they can walk in or climb in and then break out! I note the comments by Martin 3030. It seems that Temple Retail Ltd sold your goods to Temple Finance Ltd, which then hired the goods to you subject to a finance agreement. Temple Finance Ltd should have served on you a Default Notice when you missed a payment. That Notice would have set out what you had to do next-for example you would have had a prescribed number of days to bring your account up to date. It clearly did not do that because if your account is accurate insufficient days elapsed between the default and the bailiff visits - it is therefore in breach of the Consumer Credit Act. You should complain forthwith to the OFT. The sanction by the OFT can be fines and a revocation of the consumer credit licence. You should also use s40 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 - a very powerful piece of legislation which is massively under - used. Temple Finance Ltd, by its directors are instructing bailiffs, their servants or agents to cause you and your family alarm, distress or humiliation. Those bailiffs are also acting unlawfully. That means the directors of Temple Finance Ltd are as guilty as the bailiffs by the principle of vicarious liability. The company and its directors are facing fines of up to £5,000 per offence. Fight your corner and fight it hard, complain in writing to the Chief Constable, the OFT, your member of Parliament and anyone else you can think of. You will win. You almost certainly need precise advice. Do you have a law clinic or C.A.B. near you? If so, try them.

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hi guys, on tuesday this week i went into our local perfect homes store and ordered 2 sofas after seeing an add on the tele and there website advertising, got home and logged onto google searched for perfect homes forum's and found this site after reading a few of the stories i decided this company was not worth bothering with. telephoned the shop wednesday morning to cancel the agreement and got my money back. i am sorry to say when the assistant asked me why i was canceling i did tell them the truth that i didn't like bully boy tactics which they didn't like however i think i have had a very lucky escape, the downside is my lucky escape is down to other peoples misfortune.

my advice to anybody is simple viewing the forum is free, read the pages first

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hi guys, on tuesday this week i went into our local perfect homes store and ordered 2 sofas after seeing an add on the tele and there website advertising, got home and logged onto google searched for perfect homes forum's and found this site after reading a few of the stories i decided this company was not worth bothering with. telephoned the shop wednesday morning to cancel the agreement and got my money back. i am sorry to say when the assistant asked me why i was canceling i did tell them the truth that i didn't like bully boy tactics which they didn't like however i think i have had a very lucky escape, the downside is my lucky escape is down to other peoples misfortune.

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The power of the Free Market!! Eventually this type of company lose any prospect of new customers, and the inevitable happens. But why does it take the consumer to do the job the OFT should be doing? In my experience, tax payer funded organisations are generally a group with nothing to do and all day to do it in.

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