update on this. Have written to Rossendales head office requesting a breakdown of charges and that i will be paying the council direct. Have written to the council stating the same and copied in out local paper. Have also written to my local mp and councillor who are taking this up with the council tax dept. Have recieved a leeter from the council stating they are looking into my complaint against the baliff and will write to me within the next 10 days. Also 1 week has gone without a word from the bailiff or Rossendales.

thanks guys for all your advice it is really appreciated. I don't know what i would have done without all your help.

I have emailed the council tax dept explaining that i am wiling to pay and will pay £100 in person tomorrow ( i have already paid £10 on the councils website) for the next 8 months until the debt is cleared. I have also emailed rossendales with a copy of the letter from another thread stating i will not be paying them that i will paying everything to the council direct and have asked them for a breakdown of their charges. My partner is very ill and the stress is making him worse and is stressing me out to the max. I am all for debts being collected if you owe the money but the threaten manner in which bailiffs carry it out is not on. I was threatened with getting arrested and that my possessions willl be taken without me being there to let him in.

i need some advice. I have a council tax debt of £851.00 for 2008/09. whilst it was my own fault that this has not been paid and has been handed to a bailiff i am willing to pay the debt back on a monthly payment plan until it is cleared. I returned home from work on friday to find a letter from rossendales bailiff requesting I pay the full amount in 24 hours or he would be seizing my goods. The last paragraph of the letter stated: "I will re-attend at your address at my convenience and may remove goods even in your absence." I promptly called the bailiff and left him a message stating i could pay him £100 today and then a further £100 in 2 weeks when i get paid and would like then to pay £100 monthly until the debt was cleared. He called back later that day and told me it was not good enough and that unless i paid him in full by monday he would take goods from my flat. He stated that he would enter my flat without me being present and when i challenged him on this and told him he would be breaking the law he got nasty and rude on the telphone and said he would enter and there was nothing i could do about this. He told me i had to borrow the money from someone and pay up. Then he told me the amount had risen from £851.00 to over a £1000 pound as he had added his cost. At the moment my partner is very ill and has just come out of hospital so he does not need this stress and i work mon to fri 8-6 so am never around to speak to the bailiff. Am i right in thinking that if i am offering to pay by installments he has to accept the offer. Am i also right in thinking that if i pay online on the council website and can then turn round the bailiff and sya that i have an arrangment set up with the council and they have accepted the 1s installment of a payment plan. Any advice would be great as he is coming back to my property tomorrow. Also the flat that i live in is in a converted house. If he gains access through the main front door but not my flat front door does this mean he has gained peaceful entry???? Thanks