Bailiff advice

Markb06

For the past 3 or so months Philips have been sending letters to my house for a ccompletely different person.I have rang them every time and they say someone will have to verify it.

A bailiff did attend my house and I showed him my Tenancy, Council Tax statement and provisional driving licence. I then got another letter after that stating a bailiff would be visiting my house to get money owed by this other person. So I rang them up again. They said the bailiff probaly never got around to telling them this person never lived there yet. Great I thought.

Today after getting home from work I found a envelope and on it is a stamp saying delivered by hand. I knew what it was because this person only has one letter and its from the bailiffs.

I opened and the letter states

"If you fail to make immediate payment we may re-attend your premises with a locksmith to remove any levied goods even in your absence"

Now I dont wanna come home to a empty house for a debt thats not even mine. The person has the same initials as me but thats it.

Any advice?

fermi

You would be advised to read the info in this thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=452585

Unless you already have a CCJ against you it is purely scare tactics, and they will be breaking the law if they gain entry to your home.

Once we know that you are safe from the bailiffs, we can discuss how to sort out any miss-appropriation of the debt.

Markb06

I did ring the police and the policeman said these people are morons and he was happy to record what I said down to him in case a Bailiff does try anything and they can quickly get the facts.

He gave me a ref number to.

saver_sam

A Bailiff can only attend to remove goods if he has a walking possession order, which I guess he does not have as you have shown him details of who you are. I would contact phillips and inform them that if their bailiff does attend again and enters the property then it will be trespass and you will be ringing the police on the 999 system if he does attend again as he is breaking unlawfully into your house!

What is the debt supposed to be for anyway because depending on that depends on the type of bailiff that can call too; recently it has been coming to light that some bailiffs attending for something like council tax are not certificated in the county court and have therefore called illegally and any action they take is unenforceable.

Markb06

nicholas.t wrote: »

i have made an offer to repay a debt but they have refused my offer
a/ can they do that
b/ i have had a letter that they are coming to take goods the bailiffs
have NOT been in my house before as i will not let them in what do i do when they come back with there van

Thats nice. Did you post in the wrong thread?

fermi

nicholas.t:

I you want advice on your own situation, then the best way is to go to:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=136

click on the 'New Thread' button and explain your problem.

BAILIFFCHASER

or try this site :

https://www.bailiffadviceonline.co.uk if you want to diy or this site :
https://www.bailiffchaser.co.uk if you want somebody to actually go after them for you.