HCEO which one is the best?

Gwalker

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

longjohnjohnson

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

Gwalker

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

Thank you for replying. I was hoping anyone has experienced of hiring any of them so could share it here. Yes I am aware if they fail to get the money I have to pay £75 + VAT. I'm so nervous as I really don't want to lose anymore money.

I'm not sure whether the builder has previous judgements against him, but on the hearing date the judge wasn't happy with him because he didn't send his witness statement and supporting documents. He said he doesn't know because he's never been to court.

I'll read more reviews then regarding the enforcement firms and hoping for the best!

longjohnjohnson

Gwalker said:

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

Thank you for replying. I was hoping anyone has experienced of hiring any of them so could share it here. Yes I am aware if they fail to get the money I have to pay £75 + VAT. I'm so nervous as I really don't want to lose anymore money.

I'm not sure whether the builder has previous judgements against him, but on the hearing date the judge wasn't happy with him because he didn't send his witness statement and supporting documents. He said he doesn't know because he's never been to court.

I'll read more reviews then regarding the enforcement firms and hoping for the best!

Well he would say that, wouldn't he?

I'd be tempted to pay the fee to do a Registry Trust search on him.  If has multiple CCJs I'd probably just walk, he likely knows exactly how to avoid bailiffs getting a penny out of him.

Undervalued

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

A High Court enforcement agent is not exactly the same thing as a bailiff. As I understand it they have some additional powers that a bailiff lacks. 

However I agree that there is a risk of them being unsuccessful and the OP ending up further out of pocket.

If the debtor is a limited company I would start by looking at their balance sheet on Companies House. It may well be that any vehicles, plant and machinery etc are leased so not assets that can be seized. If however they are a sole trader (or partnership) then any private assets, can potentially be seized so there may be a higher chance of success.

Never an easy situation.

Gwalker

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

Thank you for replying. I was hoping anyone has experienced of hiring any of them so could share it here. Yes I am aware if they fail to get the money I have to pay £75 + VAT. I'm so nervous as I really don't want to lose anymore money.

I'm not sure whether the builder has previous judgements against him, but on the hearing date the judge wasn't happy with him because he didn't send his witness statement and supporting documents. He said he doesn't know because he's never been to court.

I'll read more reviews then regarding the enforcement firms and hoping for the best!

Well he would say that, wouldn't he?

I'd be tempted to pay the fee to do a Registry Trust search on him.  If has multiple CCJs I'd probably just walk, he likely knows exactly how to avoid bailiffs getting a penny out of him.

Trouble is we borrowed money from my husband's parents to hire another builder and redo the job. So we need to get our money back from him. I know he might have the skills to avoid the bailiffs, but we think we'd rather lose another hundreds quid than a few grands. So have to try anything really to get our money back. This caused me so much stress since last year!

Gwalker

Undervalued said:

longjohnjohnson said:

Gwalker said:

Hello. Can anyone recommend a good high court enforcement agents please? I've done some research and Penham Excel & the Sherrif's Office both seems reliable. Has anyone used them? Or can you suggest me any companies please. We are desperate to collect our money from a dodgy builder who ignored his CCJ. Since the debt is more than £5,000 so I think we should use HCEO. Thank you.

It's not likely anyone can provide this information as to what constitutes "good."  If they got the money back?  Well, plenty will not as people are generally quite good at thwarting the efforts of bailiffs.

I assume any bailiff appointed by the High Court is trustworthy and will do what is required to attempt to recover the funds, but beware that if they can't recover funds from the builder, you'll be on the hook for their fees.

Does he have any previous judgements against him?

A High Court enforcement agent is not exactly the same thing as a bailiff. As I understand it they have some additional powers that a bailiff lacks. 

However I agree that there is a risk of them being unsuccessful and the OP ending up further out of pocket.

If the debtor is a limited company I would start by looking at their balance sheet on Companies House. It may well be that any vehicles, plant and machinery etc are leased so not assets that can be seized. If however they are a sole trader (or partnership) then any private assets, can potentially be seized so there may be a higher chance of success.

Never an easy situation.

No, he is a sole trader. I've checked it on the gov.uk website and couldn't find his company name on the list. Unless he registered the company on another address, I can't find any company registered on his office address or home address. He has 3 or 4 company vehicles but probably they are leased.