bailiff phoned me yesterday

charliepie123

hi thank you for taking time to read this i had a phone call yesterday from a bailiff who i had never spoken too be 4
he told me i had 1 years of council tax outstanding and it was from 2007
i told him that i had been out of work and thats why i didnt pay it but i was back in work now and i could set up a payment plan with him
the bailiff also told me that it had taken them so long to find me cos they were sending letters too a wrong address
the bailiff didnt want to set a payment up with me and told me it had gone too far and he had a walk in poss order so i was to let him in or he was going to put the door down
i told him that if he had been sending letters too the wrong address how could i have sorted this out?
he just said (well its too late now i need you to be in tomo so we can take goods
i offered him 100 pounds but he said no also most of the things in my house are not mine they are my boyfriends and the dept is nothin to do with him as i was not with him when i had this council tax
my boyfriend is fed up and wants to move out and leave me now all this has happend
please help

mjm3346

Do not let the bailif in

Most bailiffs do not have the right to force their way into your home to seize your goods. The only exception is that bailiffs from the Collector of Taxes (Inland Revenue) can get a warrant to force entry, but this is very rare.
All other bailiffs have a right of peaceful entry only. This means that they cannot use force to enter your home, for example, by breaking a window or a door. However, they can enter your property through an open door or window (front and back) and can climb over fences and gates, but cannot break them down.
You do not have to let a bailiff into your house. A bailiff cannot force their way past you if you answer the door. If all your doors and windows are securely closed they will not be able to gain peaceful entry to your house unless you let them in.

They can only have "walk in possesion" if they have already been in and touched the goods

In order for a walking possession order to be valid, a bailiff should have gained peaceful entry to the property and seized the goods. It is not enough for a bailiff to list items that they have seen through a window and push a walking possession order through the letterbox for you to sign and return. You should never sign a walking possession order in these circumstances

charliepie123

hi the bailiff has never been in my house or any house i have lived in when you say tax does that include council tax as well x

mjm3346

No does not include council tax.


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RobertoMoir

charliepie123 wrote: »

hi the bailiff has never been in my house or any house i have lived in when you say tax does that include council tax as well x

If the bailiff has never levied on property in your house and obtained a signed walking possession agreement from you then they do not have right of entry to your property.

Complain to the council instructing them about the deceptive behaviour of their bailiff.