Head buried under the sand for too long. Need help.

awowen10

Hi Dennis, thanks for the reply- I was literally seconds from phoning your helpline before I decided to visit the thread to see if anyone had contributed so thank you. I may have misheard, I was in work at the time of the call and was overwhelmed by his attitude so it quite possibly can be £235. The fact I have to pay it is entirely my own fault - I shouldn't have tried to bury it and hope it wouldn't come back to bite me.

As stated, I don't have the funds to pay the full balance now- the bailiff left me his mobile number, should I call him and discuss a reasonable payment plan? Realistically I'd be able to afford £100 p/m with the first payment this Friday, or should I go through B&S?

Thank you!

awowen10

OKAY So I spoke to the bailiff this morning. I put the offer on the table; £200.00 on Friday and a £100.00 on the first of every month for 3 months until it's paid off. He said he wants the £200 by tonight or tomorrow morning and he will accept the deal. I didn't argue, borrowed the money off my brother.

Now I called B&S and spoke to the devils child, she was horrible so asked to speak to someone else and was transferred to a lovely lady who I explained the situation to. I said I had not received any documents to prove who this 'bailiff' was and felt uncomfortable paying over the phone to a mobile number and she said she would take the payment for me, gave me an authorization code and said she would text the bailiff to tell him.

National_Debtline

Hi awowen10

Thanks for the update - sorry I've only just checked back into this thread.

Bear in mind that you also ought be to be able to make any further payments through the B & S website itself:

http://www.bristowsutor.co.uk/

In the event that this bailiff does visit your current address - which he'll hopefully have no reason to - please ensure that you do not allow him into your property. It's worth having a read of our Council Tax Recovery fact sheet, if only to be prepared for any similar situations in the future:

https://www.nationaldebtline.org/EW/factsheets/Pages/02%20EW%20Council%20tax%20recovery/Default.aspx

Dennis
@natdebtline