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Hi All

 

Here is my predicament.

 

We are expecting another baby in Sept and my wife will go on mat leave for approx 6 months. She is the main earner in the household so we are going to lose approx £1200 per month.

 

Est income will be £2000

Est outgoings will be £2600

 

Outgoings include £900 of loans, credits cards and other finance.

 

If I could 1/2 the payments I am making to these lenders in the short-term (6-12 months) and make a few cutbacks elsewhere, I think I could make the books balance.

 

Finance includes the following:

Private loan £20k @ £280 p/m

Personal loan of £8k @ £230 p/m (halifax)

3x credit cards of £6k @ £140 p/m (halifax, barclaycard, vanquis)

DFS @ £70 p/m

Solicitor @ £100 p/m

 

What I plan to do is write to all these creditors with an offer:

Are they likely to listen and help?

Is there any chance they might freeze interest?

Would DFS try to reposes the sofa?

Any other advice?

 

I know this is going to affect my credit rating and quite frankly I would be glad of it. Finance people throw credit at me and I am not responsible enough (see above).

 

The alternative is IVA or BR but I think as it's a short-term problem and we are homeowners, I should avoid that.

 

I would be extremely grateful for any advice.

 

Thanks

Ryan

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Hi Ryan

 

Where do you live ( just the country pls!) as In England the rules and options are diff to Scotland where I am based.

 

If you are a home-owner and there are assets in the property: e.g your mortgage is £150,000 and your home is worth £170,000 then YES you are best avoiding any secured agreements or asset based agreements like an IVA type thing.

 

If there are no assets then these options would be good for you as to be quite honest those are fairly large debts with a baby on the way.

 

Otherwise I would take advice from a free advice service (CCCs or CAB) ( we are not based in England sadly) and write to your creditors with bare facts. I would enclose an income and expediture report ( this is important) as this shows your incomes ( all) and your outgoings ( all) and is your evidence and prrof of what you have to OFFER your creditors and they cant argue with it.

 

If you offer them a regulat payment OR full and final settlement make sure you do it in writing, fax and email and that they reply like-wise so you have copies. Also make sure they agree NOT to come back to you at a later date for any more interest or costs as "unprotected arrangements" like this can cause creditors to do this.

 

IVA's are protected solutions for example. We have trust deeds up here: they are safe and would suit your circumstance if you dont have assets as you have to add the assets into what you can offer creditors.

 

I have 3 children and one is only 1 1/2 so I sympathise with you: living safely and frugaly will get you there BUT you must be more carefull with money and credit in the future. If you dont need it to survive: dont buy it! ;-)

 

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We live in England

 

My wife owns our house, but all the debts are in my name. Not sure how that affects things.

 

We do have about £60k equity in the house, but as it's a joint ownership, it's impossible to remortage to release the equity unless you buy more of the property share. We can't really downgrade as there's not much cheaper in our area compared to our part own deal.

 

My wife earns £30k so when she returns to work, the problem will almost be solved, apart from the £1000 p/m nursery bill we will then face.

 

I have spoke to the CCCs about a DMP which sounds fairly promising.

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Hi doughy

 

I think you need to turn this on its head; are these repayments sustainable in the medium to long term? If not, then a DMP is worth considering; if yes , and it's just a short-term blip, then you might write to all creditors explaining your temporary drop in income. I would not hold your breath about them freezing interest; there is the standard line on reclaiming charges/ PPI.

 

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As Vic says, ij the immediate write to all your creditors explaining the situation and requesting a freeze on interest and a reduced payment plan for 6 months. You can then review when your wife returns to work. Good luck with the pregnancy; try and enjoy it.

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Hi All

 

My wife is expecting and will be going on mat leave in September this year. The loss of her wages means we will be approaching our creditors via the CCCS with a short-term debt management plan.

 

I think I have that side of things under control but I am wondering what to do in the next 4 months whilst the wages are still coming in.

 

Here is a rough profile of our debt:

 

Halifax loan £7k

Halifax credit card £3k

Barclays o/d £2k

Barclaycard £2k

Vanquis Card £1500 (high interest)

 

As I will be asking my creditors to suspend fees and interest (fingers crossed) I wondered if there were any that are likely to resist.

 

My thoughts are that the highstreet lenders, Halifax and Barclay's are more likely to play along, whilst Vanquis being a sub-prime lender might play rough.

 

Also as the interest on the Vanquis card is double to tripple to that of the others, common sense would tell me to try and pay that off before the DMP kicks in.

 

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions about this, or any other preparations I should make before defaulting on the above and requesting a DMP?

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

p.s. I am trying to do the opposite of 'burying my head in the sand' by being proactive...

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Hi doughy

 

First, we need to understand exactly what your debts are. What is the "private loan"? Is it from a family member? Also, what is solicitor @ £100pm? When is it due to finish? Also, look at your DFS paperwork and see if it is secured against the goods or not - DFS have a habit of making you think you have HP when in reality you have an unsecured personal loan. What I need off you is to know who your creditors are, how much your current UNSECURED debt is for each and your monthly payment for each. Also, roughly when the loans are due to finish.

 

Then, we need to get a proper understanding of your essential expenditure. You may already have done this, but if not, sit down and do it! Mortgage, C tax, water, utilities, internet, car loan, insurances, fuel etc... You should also include any SECURED borrowing on this list (ie anything on HP) as you need to keep up the payments!

 

There is a tendancy for people to underestimate costs - so be realistic and don't think you can do the shopping on £50 a week!!! The whole point is to create a budget that is comfortably SUSTAINABLE for the long term.

 

You don't say anything about this, but do you have any arreas on anything? Particularly utilities and Council Tax? If you do, we need to account for this also.

 

Next job is income - what is it NOW, what will it be and when will it drop? Include salaries, child benefit, any other benefits etc. Please be as accurate as you can so we can see how much a month you have. If you have something paid weekly, you need to multiply it by 4.33 to get a true monthly equivalent. Anything 2 weekly, multiply it by 2.165 for the monthly. I see you have already suggested some figures, but I don't know how accurate these really are. What worries me is that you say about making "cutbacks elsewhere" What are these? In my experience, making cutbacks is just kidding yourself - you can't. That's why it's so important to write a realistic budget in the first place...!!!

 

Anyway, if you can do this and post the info, we'll take a look and see what the best course of action is likely to be for you.

 

All the best.

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If you think you are going to be struggling for a while then you might want to consider reading the following, then contacting one of the agencies mentioned. :) TBH, putting up all your personal finances is NOT a good idea.. sorry dead cat !!

 

If you are experiencing difficulty in repaying your debts, CASHflow is a way for you to negotiate affordable repayments with your creditors. Before you can use CASHflow, you must have spoken to one of the free advice agencies licensed to offer CASHflow to their clients. The advice agency will start by talking to you about all of the options available, and can help you to decide if CASHflow is the right one for you.

 

If you decide to use CASHflow, you will be provided with all of the tools you need to be able to complete your own financial statement and negotiate offers of repayment with creditors yourself. This will enable you to stay in control of your situation, but still have support from an adviser at any stage if you need it.

 

You can contact a local advice agency to check if they offer CASHflow. You can find a list of free advice agencies that are near to you by searching for a money adviser in England or Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

Alternatively, you can call National Debtline on 0808 808 4000

CASHflow: http://www.cashflow.uk.net/

National Debtline: http://www.nationaldebtline.co.u k/

https://www.mymoneysteps.org/

Also as highlighted in the CAG newsletter...

There is the new CAB system that might also be worth a look, this system saves all your details, has guidance allowance figures to work with if you wish and you do not need to be invited / signed off etc with this system, just log in and away you go (see below)

 

(Also, there are a number of other self help tools and systems around so might be worth a little exploration if this is what you eventually decide on.)

 

http://mymoney.nedcab.org.uk/moneyadvice/

 

http://mymoney.nedcab.org.uk/moneyadvice/ (example of completed dmp)

 

 

I rather suspect that you will find that most of your creditors wont deal until you do default so perhaps your initial letter should be along the lines of ...

 

Sorry, financial hiccup, please find attached income and expenditure etc, etc - having worked out your budget the enclosed amount of £reduced value is enclosed as a show of good faith and that you will continue to pay that amount on the Xth of each month.

 

All secured loans should be treated as priority.. the DFS loan is NOT priority, it is an unsecured loan :)

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