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[needsomeinfo]

hi i am not very good at writing or spelling so please bare with me but my partner as an house she left 7 months after losing her job to sickness and still on the sick now and since then she as had council tax still charging her for empty house which the bailiffs are coming to collect from where she lives now so still trying to sort that out but they still have not taken the house yet after all this time and it sits empty so we are going to hand the key back to them which will take 6 weeks for them to sort out then the council will stop charging her for the tax also when they sell the house i think they will be about £60k oweing plus all her other debts to pay and wanted to know if there is anyone i can call for advice i dont like bailiffs at all most are bullies and just no that when they come to my house for her i will lose it and get banged up again so any help or number to call would be great

 

PS my parnter as not paid the mortgage for over 7 months but they still have repossed it thats why we are doing it this way

Edited March 5, 2009 by needsomeinfo

[Little Heart]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/bailiffs-sheriff-officers/107376-what-bailiffs-can-cant.html

 

Hope this helps about the the bailiffs

[m4ndi]

The property may well be exempt from council tax for at least 6 months.

 

There are full exemptions applying to properties left unfurnished for up to 6 months - can you partner prove she has moved (i guess her sick pay claim will have moved with her)?

 

Also, if she needed looking after and had to move elsewhere to be looked after, there is an exemption for this too.

 

I can look up the exact exemption codes for you to quote and draft a letter for you to the council if you let me have some more info.

 

In the meantime, keep your windows and doors locked and don't open the door to the Bailiff. If he hasn't been in your house before, he can't come in unless you invite him or he can gain peaceful entry via an open door or window. He will eventually give up and write to you saying the debt has been returned to the council so they can apply for your partner to be sent to prison - they have to have an income test at the magistrates court before they can apply for imprisonment and it will be proved that your partner can't afford to pay it so she's not likely to get sent to prison.

 

I know how annoying Bailiffs are (and the snoops from the local council) but rise above them, ignore them and try to get the exemption applied instead.

[needsomeinfo]

hi have you got an email addy or number i can call you i was going pm you but cant see how to?

[tonycee]

Is your partners new address in her name ?

 

National Debtline – Free, Confidential Debt Advice – Call 0808 808 4000

 

 

Council Tax discounts, exemptions and financial help : Directgov - Home and community

 

 

I have to go out now.

 

This letter may help you if the bailiffs are due soon.

We cant have you getting banged up again, the porridge is horrible.

 

 

Claim of Ownership of Chattels

NAME OF BAILIFF OR AUTHORITY

ADDRESS LINE 1

ADDRESS LINE 2

ADDRESS LINE 3

POSTCODE

DATE

Dear Sir/Madam

Re: [YOUR NAME]: Notice of Ownership

 

I write on the understanding you or your firm of bailiffs has seized, or is intending to seize chattels, vehicles, goods, or property belonging to me at the above-mentioned address in respect of an alleged debt belonging to somebody else.

I confirm that I am the lawful owner of the aforesaid and there is no entitlement enabling you to change ownership, possession, location, use and enjoyment of my property by way of a levy or a walking possession agreement.

This document is delivered by Royal Mail and I deem it to be served on you by the ordinary course of post in the meaning of Section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 and therefore your responsibility and your own interests this letter is handed to the relevant person within your organisation.

Any attempt to subvert or rebuke this notice will result in an invalid levy and I will automatically file at court a Form 4 complaint with an application for costs against the certificated bailiff without contacting you further in this matter.

 

Yours Sincerely

 

YOUR NAME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 11, 2009 by tonycee