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Can someone please give me some advice before I lose the will to live,

 

Friday I came home to find a 24 hour notice pushed through my door from Jacobs Bailiffs basically stating that they came to removed goods from the property to cover costs, balance due £362.04 plus costs.

 

I'm in a pickle and have no idea how to handle this because the whole affair has been complicated due to divorce, repossession and the ex husband going bankrupt!!

 

I am currently being charged for council tax owed on an empty property from November 2011 to November 2012, I have been in contact with the local council regarding the situation as I have not lived at the address since Feb 2011 due to moving back in with parents as husband was having an affair, provided the council every step of the way about me leaving and providing them with new address, ex husband claimed single person discount for the address in question. However I received a council tax bill addressed to both myself and ex husband who has never lived with me at the new address, rang the council to explain that I had left in Feb 2011 and was going through a divorce only to be told that they had visited the address and the property was vacant, ex husband had done a runner and not said anything, anyway to cut a long story short, I disputed the amount only to be told that I was still liable because I was a joint owner of the property, I explained that the property had been repossessed in Sept 2012, they asked for me to send them all the details which I did, In the meantime they passed the debt onto Jacobs, I phoned Jacobs to explain that it was in dispute as the property had been repossessed and explained that I was going to be dealing with local council, nothing more heard from Jacobs, local council said that they would take the debt back from Jacobs and once the council tax bill was amended they would send me out an updated council tax bill and due to my circumstances we could come to an arrangement, all of this was happened in January 2013, since then I have not heard from local council, Jacobs wrote to me last week, So I rang them and they admitted that the account was on Hold with the local council and to give them a ring to obtain an updated outstanding amount, I am still waiting for the council to respond with an updated figure and bill, Jacobs informed me by letter that the outstanding amount was £337.54 the notice posted through my door was for £362.04 plus costs, I have contacted the bailiff via the mobile number to query the amount but straight to voicemail, left a message and no reply from him, and they did not visit on saturday! oh and the ex husband has declared himself bankrupt .. leaving all debts on my freakin doorstep!

 

I am happy to pay the amount owed, however I am a single parent working full time and only just manage to break even every month, I was hoping to have a payment plan with the council once they had sent me an updated council tax bill.

 

Please help Im not sure what to do next, I dont want them turning up at the house, i dont finish work till 5.00pm and my son will be in alone when he gets home from school.

 

Any suggestions please would be greatly appreciated Thanks

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The 24 hour removal notice is a standard letter they could only remove anything outside of value

 

There is no right of entry for the bailiffs no locksmith no prison no nothing

 

If you have a car you need to prevent them getting a levy on it leaving it on the drive is a open invitation

You do not need to deal with the bailiffs

deal with the council

 

keep things in writing you would not be liable if property was repossessed

Keep off the phone unless you can record the calls

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Thank you for your reply.

 

I do not have a car, but if they like they can take a rusty old pushbike and some broken garden furniture, saves me a trip to tip!

 

On a serious note, I will be contacting the council again tomorrow to see if they can come to an arrangement and I will not be contacting Jacob's again!

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When you contact the council i expect you may get the reply "nothing we can do it is in the hands of the bailiffs and to contact them"

 

They are wrong you may do better writing to them copy in local MP and councilors

 

Something is not right with the liability if the property was repossessed

Keep bailiffs out don't open door for them if need be

 

Bailiff with no levy can do very little apart from give up on it and hand it back to the council

Remember bailiffs lie all they have is a liability order no warrant or court order or whatever they call it

 

Never trust a bailiff and remember they lie:-)

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Are you supposed to get a copy of the liability order or a letter from Local Council to say that they have instructed bailiffs to attend your property, because I have never received a copy of either?

 

I wouldn't mind but they don't seem to take in the fact I'm already a struggling single parent through no fault of my own

 

I am going to pay regular amounts online direct to the council, and what do i do about the costs from jacobs, they havent even mentioned what those are? how can the amount just go up and up?

 

Honestly its bad enough that I have to face the repossession costs and shortfall of mortgage plus all the interests and god knows what else on my own, without this going on as well.

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bailiff costs are capped £24.50 first visit and £18.00 second visit and that is it..............

 

Unless you make arrangements with them to pay as they will insist on coming into your home to make a list of goods

 

And set payments high more than you can afford "either that or i take the stuff now"

once you fall behind or a day late or 1 penny short

Van attendance fee £150-£200

Payment fees will go on that as well

 

You need to get the dates the council are claiming for if you did not have the property then they are trying it on the council make lots of mistakes but will never admit to them

 

Formal complaint time if they do not resolve the issues on to the ombudsman(LGO)

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Thank you

 

I will not be coming to arrangement with Jacobs, I will however be continuing to pay the local council online, so charges should just be 2 amounts.

 

I will be requesting the dates and amounts from council, so that I can find out what I am and am not liable for.

 

I will be raising a complaint

 

Thanks for you advice, I will keep you updated

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If the Council have yet to amend your bill and have agreed to enter into repayment plan when they do so, then the liability order must be cancelled and you cannot be held to any bailiff fees administered to the account. I think it would be of benefit to you to start chasing their tails?

 

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