HELP! - dont know what we are going to do

Anthillmob

thanks. do i pay the rent tomrrow or call them and explain the situation? they arent going to believe me. plus the fact my neighbourhood manager is a complete @rse and extremely rude. ive already complained about him once.

Fleago

Hi Anthillmob,

If I were in your shoes, I'd work out how much rent I could realistically pay this month and I would grit my teeth and phone them to explain why you will be paying less. They may not believe you, but you're telling the truth and they cannot get what you don't have. If the person you speak to is rude, then ask to speak to a more senior person and explain to them that you are trying your best to get out of a very bad situation and that you will make full payments when this mess is sorted out. As long as you're willing to keep the lines of commincation open and pay as much as you can when you can, then should they decide to take you to court you will be able to show that you have done your best in very trying circumstances.

A thought I've had is that it might be useful to ask Mr Mob's work if they will provide a letter saying that he won't be paid until the end of December, which will be evidence to show that you are telling the truth.

If all else fails, what about contacting your local Councillor? There's nothing like a Councillor's enquiry to make LA staff sit up and take notice, as you yourself will know.

Good luck

Fleago

peter999

Anthillmob wrote:

im getting in a complete state over this now. having already been served an eviction notice for the paltry amount of £300 arreas...... what should be a special time considering its our daughters first birthday and christmas (though not her first) that she can/will be excited about.

i will also end up in court (again) over unp[aid council tax as we are a month behind already (caused by extended maternity leave and financial strife. hence i returned to work sooner than i said i would after maternity leave).

and the council wont care.

Don't let the bast**ds grind you down !!!

It's Christmas !!
:dance: :dance:

:xmastree: :snow_grin :santa2: :snow_laug :xmassmile :rudolf: :xmassign:

sured

sorry, i havent got anything helpful to say i just wanted to send you a :grouphug:
love sue

highland

Have sent you a PM Anthillmob

Anthillmob

thanks everyone. youve all been very helpful. and its much appreciated.

liney

If they are going down this route they should have insisted that the ID was provided before the work took place, because now if your husband turned out the not have permission to work in the Uk they will have broken the law by employing him. (not suggesting that this is the case, but their argument is flawed IFSWIM)

You need to see ACAS. It is not a legal reguirement to insist on the documentation, but if you do not and the person works illegally you have no defense in court.

if your husband provided a photo ID driving license then that states his place of birth. I assume it says UK, so he needs no permisson to work here. Try pointing that out.

Savvy_Sue

Couple of things: when I'm checking identity documents for CRB applications, I won't accept an out of date passport either. CRB says any document has to be valid: so an expired passport isn't. Any letters or bills have to be less than 6 months old.

The point about expired documents is that someone might pass their expired passport on to someone else, so there's two people claiming to be Fred Bloggs. It isn't just random. But I don't see how you can insist on someone having a valid passport - if my dad's got one now, he only applied for it because it was free, and for the purposes of proving who he is without a driving licence (he doesn't have one of those either ...)

And as for whether to pay the rent or not: do you have an agreement reached in court about your arrears? If you do, then I'd recommend paying it. Because if you make an agreement and stick to it, you can't be evicted. If you make an agreement and don't stick to it, you can in theory be evicted, even if you've paid something. Before you panic, you're really not likely to be evicted if you're continuing to pay something. Honestly. Especially not in these circumstances. But if you have a court agreement, my advice is always stick to it - never overpay, never underpay.

If it's an agreement reached without going to court, then by all means tell your HO you can't pay the full amount this month. They may then say "We'll have to take you to court in that case." Well, let them. You might find that any agreement reached in court would allow you to pay the arrears off more slowly than you're doing so far, so that's worth remembering ...

Good luck for the phone calls in the morning ....

peter999

Savvy_Sue wrote:

But I don't see how you can insist on someone having a valid passport - if my dad's got one now, he only applied for it because it was free, and for the purposes of proving who he is without a driving licence (he doesn't have one of those either ...)

So what are you saying about demanding to see a valid passport
-is that correct or not ??

Like your father, many people may not have valid passport or driving licence
-does that mean they should be forced to get a new passport to prove their ID ??

I don't understand why people should be forced to get a Passport to prove their identity
-it's a cop out replacement for having ID cards checked everywhere.

This has crept up on us in last few years, forced by bits of government legislation.
I know there is ID fraud, theft, illegal workers but should everyone be forced into this behaviour to prove their ID.

In certain situations I can understand asking to see Primary ID documents.
In other situations, secondary ID documents should be accepted by law.

anthill's situation does not seem a critical situation to insist they show a passport to prove their ID, as I'm sure anthill can show other documents to prove their ID,

-as he is working there, probably been interviewed, screened, references (?) etc,
checking Passport/other ID documents is more a formaility for payroll.

peter999

HOWMUCH

Anthillmob wrote:

cheers for te link. am gutted the link within is down.

ive given him charlies birth certificate to take in. it states his name and place of birth.

had his birth cert had his current surname then there wouldnt be a problem. but hes provided his mums original marriage certificate (when his surname changed).
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When Mr Mob's mum married this did not entitle him to have his name changed automatically. The problem is that his birth cerificate is in a different name to the name he uses. You need to have it changed by deed poll. Then you have a legal document to prove this, his Mum's marriage certificiate is not acceptable, that only proves that she has changed her name.
HTH's