only recieved enforcement visit warning on the same day they wrote up our controlled goods form

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Bristow & Sutor knocked on my door today on the the 21-11-2018 at 14-15 (24 hour clock) and gave us our Enforcement Visit Warning. they also wrote up all our electronics and goods on the goods taken into control form wihtout even a few minutes notice being given to their visit. i feel totally walked all over and the warning letter demands that we give them a ring immediatly before 21:00 TONIGHT. (yes the tonight was all in capital letters) please could anyone give me an idea of where i stand legally on this matter as it is not anywhere near a 7 day notice of the visit and have charged me a £235 enforcement fee too. Thankyou for your time in reading this and please let me know if there is anymore information that you require for this case and stay humble my forum friends. :beer:
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You can and should complain to the creditor about their bailiff's actions in not giving proper notice, and charging you an Enforcement fee before you have received the Notice of Enforcement from them. If you are certain that they didn't send you an Notice of Enforcement letter prior to their visit, they are not allowed to charge you for their enforcement visit (the £235). Send a copy of your complaint letter to bailiffs when you send the original to the creditor.
You have let them into your home which means they can return and force entry next time (using reasonable force, i.e. use a locksmith to destroy your locks). However, they should only charge you £235 for their next visit as the first visit wasn't properly notified.
If you have any factors listed in this link:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/action-your-creditor-can-take/bailiffs/stopping-bailiffs/dealing-with-a-letter-saying-bailiffs-will-visit/
mention in your letter of complaint that you are vulnerable due to the specific reasons that apply to you and ask for more time to deal with notice of enforcement. You need to act promptly, both in sending the letter of complaint and in deciding what to so about the debt.
The other arguments regarding enforcement aren't particularly relevant until this date is established.
i used resolver to send them an email but he problem is they walked all over me and my friend and they setup payment plan on the same day and are now expecting the first payment this Friday of £50 odd and then it will go up to £125 on the next payment. i have severe adult ADHD and very slight undiognosed autism (came as a free present with my adhd) and my flat mate has deppression asperges ADHD and anxiety which the enforcers fully know about this. my friend was so scared that he offered to start paying half of his entire income because he thought we would lose all of our belongings and also thought that i would be leaving our friendship and moving out and i have to admit that i have been going through some serious mental gymnastics which caused me to only get less than 2 hours sleep from researching all these problems they have left us behind. I no longer want the £235 written off i want the whole debt written off due to their severe negligence and stress caused. we are thinking about taking them to court for damaging our mental well being and putting items on the list that should never have gone on it like all of our seats and sofa's and even our microwave. this has effected me so bad that i had very very dark permanent thoughts going through my head (you already know what kind i am sure) thanks for the really nice and awesome reply and i feel slightly better today knowing where i stand and i i believe correctly this is why they should give us a 7 day notice so we know where we stand?
Stay humble my friends. :A :money:
Speak with the enforcement agent's office and they should be able to say exactly when it was sent. I suspect the notice handed to you was a notice stating they were attending to collect goods. It is meant as a warning to pay within 7 days or they'll be visiting, nothing else.
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