Hello, I was wondering if it is legal to rent out room in a flat that you are renting yourself? My LL says he is ok with it and my contract says I can rent out rooms. I was wondering if that is ok tax wise? I would still live in the flat myslef. There would be 3 other rooms to rent. My rent is 1500 excl bills etc. I would receive around 1900 pounds a month, which would cover the rent and council tax. It would not cover all of the bills. Do I need to pay tax on this as I dont make profit on it? Thanks

I was a PT at FF for 2 weeks! They have not rpovided me with their promised uniforms, business card etc. so I was not able to work and told the manager I am quitting. Now they want a huge sum from me charging me for 2 months of work there! I wrote them a letter which thtey completely ignored and send me to a company that wants the full payment straight away, hwoever, I do not agree with it at all as they did not keep their promise! Is there an organistion, smth like the ombudsman, where I can complain to about them? Or what shall I do if I am in dispute with their demand? Thanks so much!

Does anybody know if there is some chance of complaining to some organisation about Fitness First if they do not communicate or come to a fair solution? Somebody overlooking matter like this? Something like an ombudsman? Thanks

Thank you very much for this! I will send the letters out tomorrow ! Much appreciatet!!!

Also should I contact cars?

I am a self employed Personal Trainer. Last year I signed with Fitness First to work as a self emplyed trainer there, however I was not given what was promised in the contract and resigned. I paid them 300£ in order to receive: business cards, uniforms, advertising materials, be in their system etc - after 2-3 weeks I still did not receive them and after repeteadly reminding them I wrote the gym manager I would like to quit my contract and that I am unstaisfied. He never got back to me and I assumed it was handeld as I only worked there for 2 weeks, which were suppose to be rent free. However, they continued and try to take money of my account, but never mananged to. I called the headoffice and explained the situation, at first they did not even want to cancel my contract. However, after 30min on the phone they did but told me 1 would have to pay for the previous weeks and for the next month. Now they want over 600£ from me!!! I was shocked and wrote them a formal complaint, signed letter, explaining the situation that I have never received what was promised to me and I will not pay 600£ as the manager should have cancelled my contract or he should have told me I will need to do it another way than I did. Yesterday I received a letter from CARS -1st time - telling me they have contacted me several times regarding the debt and now they want to me pay in full or they will take it to court or even worse bailiffs!!! I have never received any letters from them before! And FF never replied to my complain where I asked for a fair solution and where I explained I did not receive what I have paid for. What shall I do now? I want to write an email to FF and ask them what this is all about. But I also want to secure myself and complain somewhere else. Is there an organistation that can handle this complain? Please help me...I just managed to set up my life again and now I have again problems with debts that I dont even believer are my fault. I would agree to pay them a max of 150£ just so they leave me alon but not more as they absolutely did not keep their promise and now ignore me! Thanks for the help

What shall I do now? It is/was not my push bike. Do I need to contact the council stating that the levied good was not mine?

never bought a push bike

push bike

12/13 Tax Year £1416.20 = council tax charge -£538.20 = the amount of payments credited towards the current tax year £97.00 = court and local authority costs £975.00 = the summonsed balance (excluding bailiff fees) passed to Equita Bailiffs for collection 12/11Tax Year £1419.92 = council tax charge Nil = the amount of payments credited to the tax year £97.00 = court and local authority costs £1516.92 = the summonsed balance currently listed for a committal (means) hearing 11/10Tax Year £1888.02 = council tax charge -£492.00 = the amount of payments credited to the tax year £97.00 = court and local authority costs £1493 = the summonsed balance currently listed for a committal (means) hearing just saw that i got an email from phoenix who say that apparently they seizured a bike?! i dont have a bike so....? I also emailed the council an asked them for strict proof but they usually take up to 10 days to respond. They have chared me a van twice and never took anything from me. Should I email the council stating that?

yes the council provided me with this information on Friday. Each year the precise amount which I owe them for each year, and how much I have paid to them.

-I have not yet a commital hearing date. All the council says is that I am currenlty listed for a commital hearing, but I did not receive any letter stating a date. -I do not recall that I ever received a notice of seizure. The only letters that I have ever received from the bailiffs usually only threatened that they will come and remove my goods, but they never been inside my flat and made no listings of my belongigs. I do not own a vehicle either. -The council provided me on Friday with the 3 sums of which I owe to the council. Together around £4000, a very high amount. -I did after 3 years receive the breakdown from Phoenix, it shows the dates I paid and their fees. I am only with Equita for a few months and they did send me a letter that shows no unlawful charges have been made (so far).

So to sum it up: 3 different cases. I have thought about it - and I will have to make payments- no excuses. Even if one of the cases needs further investiagtion. What is however clear is that the bailiffs did charge me unlawful fees of around 400£ in 2010/2011. How hard is it in general to get these deducted? If these 400£ were deducted from my debt, I would pay £700 (my financial situation has massively improved this month as my partner has found a well paid and stable job) to clear my debt for one of the commital hearings. Leaving me with "only" 2 cases to deal with, but it will be easier on me. I should not forget that I have 2 cases that are my fault (even though the reason for this is that I lost overview due to the bailiffs) and need to sort them out the quicker the better. It tookl me 3 years to finally get hold of the breakdown of my debt from the bailiff's company...3 years!!! And now I finally have an overview of what was happening, at least to some extent. So what I am asking: Will it be hard to get these deductions in order to close one case?

I will have to go to the bank and ask me to provide with bank statments from 2010-2014. According to the councils data, I made only 3 paymentsdirectly to them in 2013, and no payments at all between summer 2010-summer 2013, which I cannot imagine to be true. There is not much I can do before I have all my payments together to get a clear picture. I have 2 outstanding debts that are currently listed for a committal (means) hearing . 1 outstanding debt that is with Equita bailiffs, who I did call to set up a payment plan as I did not want to appear as someone who refuses to pay but the guy yelled naughty stuff at me. I was smart enough to record it. I told Equita thst their bailiffs do not want to talk to me, but they send me a letter asking me to get in touch with them to avoid further escalation in recovery action. I will not get in touch with them anymore and will send the recorded bailiff to the CEO's council and MP, hoping it will at least stop the bailiff action.

the cup of tea helped! I will take it step by step: When sending the email to the Council about a listing of seizured items, should I mention that Phoenix has overcharged me and that they never took any of my belongigs? Or just ask for the listing without giving them a reason why I need it? (for now) Many Many Many Thanks!