Urgent Help Please - Bailiffs

AngelEyes81

my OH had a council tax bill last year from years ago owning around £1,000 - he paid it in full, but not before the bailiffs had been round a few times.

So all the council tax is paid, but we had a bill off the bailiffs 12th october saying we still owe them £42.50. Depressed we didn't pay as we had already paid them so much, today bailiffs came round again banging on the door and have left a notice of distress on my Stepdads car outside, nothing to do with my OH, saying now we have 24 hours to pay £177.00 or they will take it.

What do we do? Can they charge that much extra? Should we just pay it? My OH was going to phone up now and pay it but would that be it over with totally?

Any help would be good please so worried, hate bailiffs with a passion.

RAS

Hi

Do not phone the bailiff

They cannot take your dad's car, so the levy is wrong and they cannot charge you for it.

You do need to pay the £42.50, but that is all.

Write a cheque for £42.50 and send it telling them that the car does not belong to your OH and the levy is faulty and they are not entitled to the levy fee. CC the Revenue protection Officer (or whatever their name is) at the Council for good measure.

AngelEyes81

Thank you, do you think that we should email them tonight then telling them this?

We're worried that they're going to come back tomorrow and it's only going to be me in the house, luckily my mum and stepdad are away at the moment.

We just want this all over now.

RAS

AngelEyes81 wrote: »

Thank you, do you think that we should email them tonight then telling them this?

We're worried that they're going to come back tomorrow and it's only going to be me in the house, luckily my mum and stepdad are away at the moment.

We just want this all over now.

E-mail them tonight as well. BUT write tomorrow, registered post so they have to record the arrival of the letter and cheque.

Will post a link for the bailiff advice line. Mention that if you want, bailiff hate them ebecause they know bailiff law rather better than most bailiffs.

RAS

Herbie21 posts here sometimes but she runs this website which list bailiff rules:

http://www.bailiffadviceonline.co.uk/

AngelEyes81

Thank you so much for your advice, will email them and send the letter and 42.50 cheque tomorrow saying what you said.

And thank you for that link as well, you've put my mind at rest a bit so thank you very much X :A

RAS

You are welcome. What we do this for really.

AngelEyes81

Any one around tonight that can tell me if this letter which I've just wrote sounds ok to send in a email and letter? I just want to say everything right and say everything that I'm meant to and make them believe I know what i'm talking about.......

One of your bailiffs, a Mr xxxxx, today - 9-11-2010 - called around and left a Bailiff removal letter with a notice of distress upon a car outside the property, claiming I owe the amount of £177.
The amount I owe is £42.50.

I am sending you a cheque out for this amount, in the post tomorrow morning 10-11-2010. I will be sending this registered post.

The car which a levy was placed upon is not my car, so therefore the levy is faulty and you are not entitled to the levy fee.

I have been in contact with Bailiff Advice Online and am well aware of my rights and what can be done and what cannot.

I would like a confirmation that you have received this email and when you get the cheque and letter, I would like a letter or email confirming that my account with you will be closed and this is an end to the matter.

AngelEyes81

Well the above has now been sent in email to the bailiffs and I am writing it all out again in a letter that I'm going to take down the post office in the morning, sending it registered post.

This should be the end of the matter shouldn't it? I don't know how these people sleep at night. It's given me a right headache.

Thank you again for all your help.
:A

AngelEyes81

Me again

Right we sent a cheque off last week for the £42.50, registered post and they have received it as I checked on royal mail website and have saved the signature etc.
We emailed them and sent a letter saying the above.......

Today the stupid bailiff came round again dropped another letter off, still saying we need to pay the £177 within 24 hours or he's coming to take the car, now my OH is at work in the day and I really don't want to deal with the bailiff face to face on my own and none of my family know anything about all this.

On the Notice of distress it's got the inventory = 1 car (my stepdads)

The walking possession part of the sheet is crossed out .......but then at the bottom it has a break down of the costs:

client debt/outstanding costs: £800.00 (the council tax bill was paid last year)
first & second visit fee: £42.50 (We sent a cheque off for this amount last week recorded)
levy fee: £24.50 (Car doesn't belong to OH)
walking possession: £110.00 (Can they do this without me letting them in or signing anything? On the form this section is crossed out?)

total: -800.00
= £177.00

BUT................

to the email we sent to them, they said in it that they have 2 cases of unpaid council tax one has an outstanding balance of £217.00 and the other £42.50..........?????????????? What?? The original unpaid council tax was paid in full over a year ago to them, what is all this? and that we have to contact the bailiff not them

Now why has he put down the walking possession if he's crossed out that bit on the form? We've sent the money for the 42.50. The car not being my OH we've told them that they can't charge the levy etc.
But with them saying they're coming back in 24 hours to take the car, what do we do now?

What do you do if they come to the door and then if you don't answer start going for the car?

My OH just wants to phone up and pay it all over the phone but we've already paid £42.50 and the rest they're not entitled to so I'm not having him paying money they aren't entitled to get!

Any advice please?

We have a number - I presume for the stupid bailiff on the form, but if I got my OH to ring that I know he's lose his temper. No time to send another letter. Not even had a response to the one we sent last week yet.

AngelEyes81

Also in the email it said that we need to prove that the car isn't my OH, but that we need to contact the bailiff, so we can't scan the docs and send them off to rossendales? Do they actually talk to the bailiffs so that they bailiff would know we've paid the 42.50 and said the car isn't my OH?