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Rented property council tax demand
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Non payment of CT is dealt with via the magistrates court, not the county court, so it won't result in a CCJ or affect your credit history.
The other sanctions beyond an attachments of earnings order are benefits deductions, a charging order on the property, or imprisonment (the latter two rarely).
Cheers, had a blond moment, as I knew it was dealt with by magistrates, but didn't put 2 & 2 together.0 -
He can request the council send him copies of any information they hold with regard to the property they claim he owes CT for. It may well be that something went wrong their end.
I wouldn't trust LL to send on anything. DD had student let last year. On 4th July so emailed LL to give final meter readings etc. and he responded saying "I've given the readings to Npower along with my name and address for future correspondence, you do not need to do anything else". One week ago Npower rang DD to say she owes £300 for gas/elec to November. DD said her tenancy ended 30th June and they claimed no knowledge of this. However they did agree they had a meter reading dated 30th June! I rang them after DD gave them authority to speak to me and they accepted her tenancy had ended 30th June so issued a revised bill. I assume they were writing to DD at her former address but LL didn't pass on anything even though he had forwarding address.
Well the contract is between your DD and nPower, so not sure why she didn't do this herself?
She may as well have told Bill in the corner shop, or someone on this forum.0 -
For clarification (England & Wales) - in respect of council tax arrears the council only have any powers of enforcement after a liability order is granted. Once the order is granted then the council get to choose what action is taken (within the permitted options) and there is no further involvement of the court unless a committal hearing, bankruptcy hearing or charging order hearing is required.
In Scotland, I believe the progress involves the courts more.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
As a student it was her first experience of a student let. Her landlord sent her a form to fill in for end of tenancy check out in which she had to fill in meter readings. She then emailed this check out form back to him and because he said he had told npower she thought that was end of matter. In the same way when she moved in the LL gave npower her details she never contacted them.Well the contract is between your DD and nPower, so not sure why she didn't do this herself?
She may as well have told Bill in the corner shop, or someone on this forum.
She knows now for future. I asked her at the time if she had done her check out meter readings and she said yes. I didn't think to ask her if she had given to npower. LL clearly did give the readings to npower too as they had them on record dated 30th June. She won't make same mistake this year.
~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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As a student it was her first experience of a student let. - And clearly no-one in her life thought to educate her on the legalities? Her landlord sent her a form to fill in for end of tenancy check out in which she had - 'had to', was her life in danger? Perhaps teach her to not sign things so easily to fill in meter readings. She then emailed this check out form back to him and because he said he had told npower she thought that was end of matter. - Again basic education in contract law seems prudent. In the same way when she moved in the LL gave npower her details she never contacted them. - So she didn't look at the tariff, didn't calculate which was most cost effective?
She knows now for future. I asked her at the time if she had done her check out meter readings and she said yes. I didn't think to ask her if she had given to npower. - At least she knows now. LL clearly did give the readings to npower too as they had them on record dated 30th June. She won't make same mistake this year.
This post (whilst in reply to you) is more a general observation of how ill-equipped the young 'adults' of this country are for life beyond home.
I'm glad she knows better now0 -
Wow so judgemental.This post (whilst in reply to you) is more a general observation of how ill-equipped the young 'adults' of this country are for life beyond home.
I'm glad she knows better now
She did actually look at the tariff and wanted to change supplier (she's the DD of a true MSE) but her flat mates who were sharing the tenancy with her wouldn't all agree as it meant setting up DD and no one wanted to do that! As DD had the DD for water and BB in her name she wasn't prepared to do utilities too. The bills were actually in the name of the group of tenants but the LL gave DD contact details, hence she had the phone call. She's not sharing with them this year as she found them a pain to live communally with and slow to pay their share of bills! She's actually paid the final bill and only one of her former flat mates has passed on their share.
Student lets are big business and agencies /LL are quite controlling in notifiying parties of new/old tenants as where she lives it's a 12 month tenancy so it changes immediately.
I am a LL so DD has had advice but it's difficult when she had flatmates who had differing opinions and advice of their own parents.
I'm currently in dispute with her new agent who is trying to surcharge them £50 to change utility supplier as they say the TA doesn't allow it! ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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Wow so judgemental.
She did actually look at the tariff and wanted to change supplier (she's the DD of a true MSE) but her flat mates who were sharing the tenancy with her wouldn't all agree as it meant setting up DD and no one wanted to do that! As DD had the DD for water and BB in her name she wasn't prepared to do utilities too. The bills were actually in the name of the group of tenants but the LL gave DD contact details, hence she had the phone call. She's not sharing with them this year as she found them a pain to live communally with and slow to pay their share of bills! She's actually paid the final bill and only one of her former flat mates has passed on their share.
Student lets are big business and agencies /LL are quite controlling in notifiying parties of new/old tenants as where she lives it's a 12 month tenancy so it changes immediately.
I am a LL so DD has had advice but it's difficult when she had flatmates who had differing opinions and advice of their own parents.
I'm currently in dispute with her new agent who is trying to surcharge them £50 to change utility supplier as they say the TA doesn't allow it!
Which you immediately disputed with the scheme holding the deposit presumably?0 -
The deposit held is of no use. They will only get involved when tenancy ends and if LL tries to withhold their monies.Which you immediately disputed with the scheme holding the deposit presumably?
Too risky to withhold rent as they could be served notice to quit and it will be taken out of their deposit so that will be another battle at the end and with multiple tenants who will be moving to different parts of the country/world difficult This agency is awful and don't answer the phone, ignore emails.
There is no useful support from their uni unlike where I live the Uni is proactive in helping students with their accommodation issues. I know they contact LL/Agencies on behalf of students to remind them of their legal obligations.
They wrote to ask them if they are renewing TA next July and if not they would be doing viewings on x days. I've advised them to not allow viewings and to put note on flat door saying LL refuses to repair XYZ and Agency ignores them!!! Maybe hitting LL where it hurts as he gets at least £5k a month rental from the flats in his building. ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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So then just don't pay?0
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Finally sorted. When my partner left the address and contacted the council (via a online form) which they have no record. New people moved into the property and did not contact the council or pay council tax. So when the next people moved in they informed the council triggering the unpayed amount to flag up. We managed to get the landlord to write a letter detailing this and are just waiting to hear back.
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