Bailiff visit.............

mark1668

Good morning everyone, i awoke this morning by the sound of a bailiff knocking on my front door at 7pm telling me that i owed £292 + his £176 costs for knocking on my door because i had outstanding council tax payments (which i didn't know about).
I have a direcrt debit set up to pay each household bill and apparently i had missed two payments last year and have not been informed that the direct debit had been stopped for some reason let alone that i had any outstanding payments, so in my absence it has gone to court etc etc. now can i pay just the outstanding amount of council tax or do i have to also pay this extortionate bailiff fee as well by law. Please help Mark

kazwookie

I would suggest you ring the council and talk to them.

Did they not send you any warning letters of missed payments.?

mark1668

No entry was made by the Bailiff and nothing was signed i was just given some paperwork titled 'Notice of distress and inventory' which had the following amounts due listed:
council tax £292.00
levy fee £34.00
attendance/removal costs £142.50

and another letter which says they will return by 10am to remove goods

immoral_angeluk

Whatever you do DO NOT let them in under any circumstances, especially if they come back.

mark1668

so what can he charge if i want to make payment today, can you also give me a reference for this............

SPANIEL36

be careful that when he comes back that he doesn't try and put his foot over the thresh-hold of your door as then its classed as entry gained (hope this is still correct as i saw it on a tv programme)

SPANIEL36

is there any update on this OP