Baliff Help

lemon1

I'd still magic away some of your valuables to your mums house before Monday though
Anything on that inventory list will automatically belong to them and they're able to come and get them if you miss even one payment, you won't be able to sell them or give them away whilst they're on that list and you are in a payment plan.

SixNineSix

Dont really have a lot thats valueable tbh. Ill hide the xbox, PC and laptop though :P

katsu

Can you get something like an email from the council and consider contacting your local councillor as this sounds a load of rubbish that contradicts the advice on dealing with Baliffs.

Please take care. Best wishes.

SixNineSix

They came round last night, seemed decent enough. Didnt really take a list or anything. they brought the forms around for the monthly payment and picked up the £740, that was it pretty much. Emptied the house for nothing

RAS

And how much extra fees did you pay because you let them in the house?

NEVER NEVER let a bailiff in becasue they can then legally charge you an extra £100.

How much was the liability order for?

How much did you paY?

SixNineSix

RAS wrote: »

And how much extra fees did you pay because you let them in the house?

NEVER NEVER let a bailiff in becasue they can then legally charge you an extra £100.

How much was the liability order for?

How much did you paY?

I had no choice on letting them in.

they had a court order saying unless we let them in for the inventory list, they would just break in and take everything, legally.

phoned my solicitor who phoned the company. he confirmed that they had the court order.

Costs was £44 per visit (2 visits)

RAS

Hi

This is very very very odd.

Are you in england and wales or Scotland?

RobertoMoir

SixNineSix wrote: »

I had no choice on letting them in.

Yes you do have a choice. You always do.

they had a court order saying unless we let them in for the inventory list, they would just break in and take everything, legally.

No they didn't. No such "court order" exists for council tax. Period. End of discussion.

phoned my solicitor who phoned the company. he confirmed that they had the court order.

Your solicitor actually said they had a court order that allowed them to break in and take stuff if you refused the bailiffs entry? If that is really what the solicitor said then the only way they could be any more of a tool is if their name is Stanley and their parents were a Mr Black and a Miss Decker.

Get a new solicitor, one who is actually competent, and then complain about the old one. Yes I am serious. You've been appallingly badly advised here.

I'm actually quite :mad:angry:mad: to see people being advised so badly:(. You were advised here not to let bailiffs in for a very good reason.

Costs was £44 per visit (2 visits)

Well at least something about this whole sorry situation went reasonably. It's interesting that you say you emptied your house 'for nothing' in an earlier reply. Perhaps the reason they didn't make a list was because there was nothing there worth listing. If not, then perhaps you've been lucky enough to have a bailiff who was as incompetent as your solicitor appears to be.

RobertoMoir

CIS wrote: »

He may not have had in in his possesion at that time but he there will be a court order (the liability order) under which the council have appointed him.

IIRC if the bailiff didn't have the LO (or possibly a copy, can't remember if that is adequate) in their personal possession then they cannot act on it.

HappyMJ

This is very odd.... Never ever let a bailiff in. I opened the door to one without realizing who it was they put their foot in the door saying they had gained entry to my house...yeah right they did. Called the police and the police took 20 minutes to come out then they removed the foot from my door and removed the bailiff from my property I closed the door and they went on their way never to be seen again.

I just can't believe a solicitor is advising you to allow a bailiff entry. Strange...