Bailiffs Bristow and Suiter

liana_y2kuk

nicnak1 wrote: »

do you think this is an alright response?
Dear Sirs
I am replying to your letter .

In the first instance, I am informed that your bailiff had no legal right of entry therefore making the levy invalid and illegal: I was away from the house for a family emergency for a week: the man I had looking after the house was disabled. Your bailiff put his foot in the door and refused to move it, the man who was looking after the house tried to shut the door, but the bailiff refused to remove his foot. A relative was called who could understand the bailiff. This relative was told that the bailiff had right of entry or the police would be called. These witnesses will sign a legal document attesting to this. I was away from the house at this time for 2 weeks.

The items in the levy your bailiff made was clearly below the amount that was owed in the debt. Indeed, the items were only worth a few pounds: if you include the mirror that was £10 and the glass table that was £15. This glass table has since broken, but I have saved it for you anyway. The T.V was bought for £60 4 months ago, and the skybox from a car boot sale. The sofa was given to us, if you can get any money for this you are welcome to it! The pine TV stand was bought from Argos about 15 years ago, and the dvd player was a gift when dvd players were new…its about 10 years old!
I am informed that if you cannot claim the value of the debt, then it has to be returned to the council.


I have also been charged twice for a levy fee: £47 and £48. I am reliably informed that as these actions were done at the same time, two fees cannot be lodged. I am therefore asking for a full breakdown of your fees. I, of course have some of that in writing from your bailiff as he wrote on both of the levy’s at the same time dated 6/9/11. Because of this, I am questioning your other fees. Did those fees occur on the same day? I think they might of, in which case they too, are illegal. I have noticed that there is no date added to the levies. There was also no council reference number, only your reference: this made it impossible to log into your website. Your bailiff also left a telephone number that was one digit short. Therefore we could not get in contact with him. I have saved the envelope that he wrote on as proof of this.

I wrote to you asking if I could come to an arrangement with you: you replied saying that you would accept £258 per month. If I could afford to pay £258 a month do you think I would have got in debt in the first place?

In conclusion, as your entry to my property appears to be illegal, your fees appear to be questionable, and your levy certainly doesn’t cover the amount owed, I suggest that you return this account back to the council.

It sounds good but (sorry if I'm being thick) were you away for 1 or 2 weeks? Is this 2 different holidays?

Kat
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