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Bailiffs - help please!!

luckycat99
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Hi all,
I'm a lodger, living with my landlord. I noticed a letter to her in the kitchen (shouldn't have read it, I know!) saying that bailiffs will be coming round to seize goods for public auction due to non-payment of council tax. It said that she has failed to arrange to a time for them to come round.
I'm concerned that they will seize my goods in addition to hers. I don't have a tenancy agreement with her, its more informal that that for various reasons that I won't go into now. But I pay rent etc.
Can they seize my goods?
Thanks
xxx
I'm a lodger, living with my landlord. I noticed a letter to her in the kitchen (shouldn't have read it, I know!) saying that bailiffs will be coming round to seize goods for public auction due to non-payment of council tax. It said that she has failed to arrange to a time for them to come round.
I'm concerned that they will seize my goods in addition to hers. I don't have a tenancy agreement with her, its more informal that that for various reasons that I won't go into now. But I pay rent etc.
Can they seize my goods?
Thanks
xxx
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bump - hope some one can help soon.0
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No they can't. Take a look at the Citizens Advice Bureau factsheet on Bailiffs
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/d_bailiffs.pdf0 -
This was covered on a BBC programme not long ago.
They will be taken and it is up to you to prove ownership. If you've got no proof, i.e receipts, chances are they'll be sold.0
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