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Council Tax - From England to Scotland
Scoflo
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Please help me help my daughter.
K & J lived in London & rented a furnished flat for £950 a month. This was rent, council tax and electricity inclusive.
Last February J work dried up and K wasn't working so claimed JSA & all that goes with it. After a period of time started to get word about council tax/council tax benefit so advised it was all in.(Bit woolly about this as I wasn't involved) Lots of communication back & forth until they moved up to Scotland to live with me in April. It wasn't sorted out.
Moved to a flat here in Scotland still trying to sort it out. Letters started to arrive here as they had notified change of address & they were making demands for money.
After several phone calls it seemed the whole block was owned by the same landlord and it was the 1st floor flat they were being charged for. They were in the ground floor flat. The council asked for a floor plan which was duly done. Nothing has come to this address since certainly October last year and it seemed to have been fixed.
Today brought a signed for a recorded delivery letter which on opening is a final notice, bailiff removal, goods etc to the sum of £635.45.
K & J are desperate. Worried about bailiffs, the link to my address and probably that I will stop supporting them (I help financially as J still hasn't found work and K is at college).
I have reassured them bailiffs don't exist in Scotland, it's Shefriff Officers & Messengers at Arms. I don't think they can remove goods and certainly not from my address. I have told them to write to the council ststing they are using the wrong address and asking at what stage they are with confirming the address.
What do they need to know/do/ask?
To me the demand is threatening and that probably works in England but it doesn't frighten me. The amount is too low for the entire period they lived in the flat (pre-benefits) so I don't know where it was plucked from and I have already discussed with them that without their lease they might have no leg to stand on.
Thanks for reading. All help gratefully received.
K & J lived in London & rented a furnished flat for £950 a month. This was rent, council tax and electricity inclusive.
Last February J work dried up and K wasn't working so claimed JSA & all that goes with it. After a period of time started to get word about council tax/council tax benefit so advised it was all in.(Bit woolly about this as I wasn't involved) Lots of communication back & forth until they moved up to Scotland to live with me in April. It wasn't sorted out.
Moved to a flat here in Scotland still trying to sort it out. Letters started to arrive here as they had notified change of address & they were making demands for money.
After several phone calls it seemed the whole block was owned by the same landlord and it was the 1st floor flat they were being charged for. They were in the ground floor flat. The council asked for a floor plan which was duly done. Nothing has come to this address since certainly October last year and it seemed to have been fixed.
Today brought a signed for a recorded delivery letter which on opening is a final notice, bailiff removal, goods etc to the sum of £635.45.
K & J are desperate. Worried about bailiffs, the link to my address and probably that I will stop supporting them (I help financially as J still hasn't found work and K is at college).
I have reassured them bailiffs don't exist in Scotland, it's Shefriff Officers & Messengers at Arms. I don't think they can remove goods and certainly not from my address. I have told them to write to the council ststing they are using the wrong address and asking at what stage they are with confirming the address.
What do they need to know/do/ask?
To me the demand is threatening and that probably works in England but it doesn't frighten me. The amount is too low for the entire period they lived in the flat (pre-benefits) so I don't know where it was plucked from and I have already discussed with them that without their lease they might have no leg to stand on.
Thanks for reading. All help gratefully received.
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