help, urgent!! pls

[carlafandango]

Hello, im talking on behalf of a friend, she is behind with council tax and goodwillie and corcoran took it over, but she defaulted on the payments as she couldnt afford it, now the bailiffs are threatening her, she has not seen them, or signed anything, but has had a ltr put through her door, so she called him, he wants £550 by Wed!!!

[carlafandango]

she wrote to goodwillie to ask them to take a reduced payment each month, they sent bailiff and said letter was never re'cd

[spamheed]

If they have no WPO then do not let them into the property on any pretext, if they need the toilet tell them to do it somewhere else, all windows and door locked, upstairs and down. if you must talk to them do so from an upstairs window.

 

Bailiffs are given a set period of time to collect a debt, if they cannot collect within that time, the debt will be returned to the council who tend to be a bit more reasonable.

 

If your friend has young children, is on benefits etc, they should contact the council as they may be classed as vulnerable persons and the council may cease the bailiffs enforcement action and enter a repayment schedule directly.

 

Missing letters etc are par for the course, they will charge for every attendance, but even the charges are laid out in statute so they cannot overcharge if you pay them nothing at all. try to deal directly with the council

[FairPlay77]

If they have no WPO then do not let them into the property on any pretext, if they need the toilet tell them to do it somewhere else, all windows and door locked, upstairs and down. if you must talk to them do so from an upstairs window.

 

Bailiffs are given a set period of time to collect a debt, if they cannot collect within that time, the debt will be returned to the council who tend to be a bit more reasonable.

 

If your friend has young children, is on benefits etc, they should contact the council as they may be classed as vulnerable persons and the council may cease the bailiffs enforcement action and enter a repayment schedule directly.

 

Missing letters etc are par for the course, they will charge for every attendance, but even the charges are laid out in statute so they cannot overcharge if you pay them nothing at all. try to deal directly with the council

 

YOU have a right to make all payments direct to the council, although they usually try to pretend otherwise. DO it, and forget about the bailiffs. When you write to the council, tell them what you are doing and point out that, because you are classed as a vulnerable person, they should cooperate with you and call off the bailiffs.