Baliffs.

[thx1138]

I've just opened a letter, not addressed to me, but to my ex-lodger, and someone whom I have never heard of.

Mr.Someone I'd Never Heard of & Mr.ExLodger
My Address
Bedfordshire

[iooi]

[thegubner]

I very much doubt a bailiff would send you a letter stating that they were going to commit a crime.

Which if they break in they are doing.

Go to your local police station and ask if legally a copper will go and stand with a bailiff whilst he breaks into your house and commits theft?

I am 99.9% certain you will be given no as an answer. If you do not let a bailiff into your home then they cannot come into your home.

Shut your door and protect yourself at all times.

If its not a proper bailiff then your visit to the police station could also be spent telling about whoever is intending to break into your home, I dont know whether they would help but its worth a shot.

And get some insurance if you dont have any for the contents of your house in case its a burglar having the cheek to inform you prior to his crime.

[MaybeGuy]

fuck, sounds bad!

the thing is, surely its the person who's debt it is's items that get taken?

provided you can prove that they moved away and havnt lived there / own anything there, then theres fuck all they can do.

breaking and entering is a crime... once the doors open however is a different matter, get one of those chains on your door.
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[Drew]

Sort of right Guv.

If you let them in once (they knock on door, you answer and they walk in - cheeky i know), im sure then can then force entry on other occasions.

[thx1138]

~Well, nothing in the house belongs to these debtors.


I guess, I'll try and phone them, the baliffs, on Monday, though talking to the brick wall in the garden will probably yield better results. Then I'l phone, I'll ride to Northampton Council and tell them too, may as well get some fun out of my bike.

[Drew]

I think you have to prove the items are yours, rather than them having to prove its not yours.

I may be wrong on this one.

As said, just call council, tell them they no longer live there, and to call off the bailiffs.

[thegubner]

[WildGoose]

agreed with Guv, they are particularly unpleasant people and have no interest in listening to what you have to say.

They make out they can do whatever they like to gain entry including drilling locks, breaking through window mechanisms etc.

Ring the council, and they will try to not be interested as they have by now already sold the debt to the debt collectors thereby washing their corrupt fingers of it. In my opinion that isn't good enough, so keep on at them.

And if the guys turn up, be as unpleasant to them as they are to you, and don't let them get a foot in the door.

The whole system stinks, and the way it is handled when someone doesn't pay stinks even more, sorry to hear you have to deal with it, we have been there ourselves.
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[Fortuna]

If you are not the named debtor they can't come in.

[Mudskipper]

I've been waiting for the bailiffs to come round here, the lad who lived here before ran up thousands in debt and is now in the nick I believe.

Loads of letters threatening seizure of goods, aint seen a peep out of any of them yet.

Shame, I was looking forward to telling some scumbags to fuck right off.
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[Dragonfly]

I am wondering woul this happen to me. I got a smmons in the post for the bill of £300,000 aprox in a persons name that lived here 6 years ago reason I opened it is that they have the same surname as my other half. I just phoned them and told them they aint lived here in years. Dont fancy having that tied to my house. As long as you can prove its your house and all I cant see how they can come near you.
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[Ragdoll]

You don't have to let them in.

As WildGoose said, it's pointless ringing the council, they won't be interested as it's already gone to the bailiff. I would however, write to them and point out that you are registered as living there and not Mr X and if anyone does come to your door, might be worthwhile showing them your driving licence and telling them to remove your address from their records.
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[queen of string]

My experience of baillifs has been the opposite. I bought my house after it had been repossed from the previous owner, a builder who had been renting it out.

You can imagine the level of post demanding money for him I was getting. To date I have had 4 lots of baillifs on the doorstep. They have all happily wandered off once I explained my purchase of the house and that I have no idea where the previous owner is. I suspect they get paid for making the visit and talking to someone. None of the companies have called more than once and the level of mail has decreased. I have not had any aggro from any of them. All been polite and "professional" in their dealings with me.

I hope your experience is the same.
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[iooi]

[thx1138]

No, I am regsitered.

I sent this e-mail on sunday, obviously not this exact one!, using their client reference number as the subject heading. And to my utter suprise, got a reply saying to disregard the letter, and they'd update their records and look elsewhere.

[Cigaro]

I have lived in my flat for a year and despite many letters threatening me with bailiffs, I've not actually had a single one turn up at my door.

Although I believe they are allowed to break in for certain debts, council tax and gas AFAIK.

[lozzypop1]

[JonB]

We have about 5 people who obviously have got themselves in a state of debt, they must have lived here before us and as yet haven't seen one bailiff.

Worked out that collectively they all owe about £25,000 on credit cards.

Though I have heard that it is illegal to open somebody else's private mail, but I reckon that's false.
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[Richard_Schmid]

Best thing you can do if they are going to remove your goods unlawfully, is to video record them (openly) doing so. This would make me think twice if I was going to push the boundries of the law.

After all, the camera dosn`t lie.


(Just make sure they don`t take that too!!)

Richard