Bailiffs at the door but not for me....

smithers1981

I have just had a bailiff at the door he was after my partners son, partners son is complete waste of space, and has run up many debts, welcome car finance. water, council tax etc.

Partners son only lived with us briefly about 2 years ago for maybe 4 months.

I told bailiff i didnt know who 'partners son' is never heard of him, bailiff seemed happy with this and left.

we have had lots of mail from debt collectors most of which have been returned to sender.

Is there anything at all for me to worry about with regards to partners sons debts?

JustinCredibleGillespie

No. Just keep doing what your doing with the return to sender on his letters and they'll soon get the message.

JCG

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sistafromanothermista

It's not your debt so i wouldn't worry.
Were the Ctax arrears for your property?

smithers1981

Council tax arrears not for my property all debt is his own, had i known where he lives i would have been tempted to point bailiff in the right direction.

For my relationship it's probably a good thing i don't know his current address.

hallowitch

bailiffs don't usually give up as easy as that so don't be surprised if you get another visit from a more aggressive bailiff

sistafromanothermista

Well that's ok then

hallowitch

sistafromanothermista wrote: »

Well that's OK then

actually its not OK the op was very lucky that it wasn't a magistrate court fine they were enforcing or an HCE for the water bill

there is a post on another forum where someone had to pay about £500 to get a marstons bailiff to leave his house the magistrate court fine was his sons who hadn't lived with him for years

its also very common for bailiffs to clamp vehicles on the drive of the address they are attending without first checking who owns the vehicle

smithers1981

supposing i get a visit from another more aggressive bailiff who does clamp my car.

What then should i do?

Would i be better finding out her sons address so that i can pass these on if need be? No skin off my nose and he has no means of paying anyway.

woohoo_postingid

smithers1981 wrote: »

supposing i get a visit from another more aggressive bailiff who does clamp my car.

What then should i do?

Would i be better finding out her sons address so that i can pass these on if need be? No skin off my nose and he has no means of paying anyway.

If that happens & they won't remove it, call the police. Also check for any damage made by the balliff when using the clamp.

sistafromanothermista

hallowitch wrote: »

actually its not OK the op was very lucky that it wasn't a magistrate court fine they were enforcing or an HCE for the water bill

there is a post on another forum where someone had to pay about £500 to get a marstons bailiff to leave his house the magistrate court fine was his sons who hadn't lived with him for years

its also very common for bailiffs to clamp vehicles on the drive of the address they are attending without first checking who owns the vehicle

My post was actually in remarks to the one above yours, i just forgot to quote

nern

(I know I am replying to a thread because I cant find where to start a new one, so apologies)

I am paying bailiffs for council tax. When the bailiff came to my house to arrange a payment plan, he asked for £150 in cash up front and an agreement was made allowing me to pay £40 per month. My first payment was due on Nov 11th. I decided 2 pay it on 9th just to get it out of the way. I was unable 2 get through on the automated phone system they have as it was constantly engaged so I decided 2 go on their website and pay it online. Ive now had the bailiffs round again as they say my payment was late (i didnt read the small print on the agreement that said I had to allow 7 days for the payment to reach them) and they have made my original arrangement void. On the first notice I received from them it lists costs such as:Todays visit fee £24.50 Second visit fee £18.00 Levy Fee £50.00 (I dont know what this is for? Anyway the letter that was awaiting me when I came home at the weekend is a default notice (for me apparently being late with my payment) and a visit fee for £146.00. Can they really charge that much? I managed to speak to the person who put the default notice through my door and she told me I had to pay £350 now in order to reinstate my arrangement with them or they were coming to my property today to recover goods. It is 21.00pm and no one has arrived so far. Can anyone shed any light on what I should do? Thank you