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In 2002 (I think) after being on a council waiting list for a few months I was offered a property by North Tyneside Council, I decided to take it and signed for the keys, at this time I was living with my mum in a rented house. after 4 days I decided I didn't want to leave my mums and move into the house so I decided to post the keys back to the council with a letter explaining that I no longer wanted the property and as the lady told me I had 7 days before rent was due I wanted to cancel before I had to pay anything. My mum and I decided we would rent a house together in a different town but still in the same county by a private landlord as her tenancy had ran out where she was. We moved and were both named on the tenancy as well as the council tax. Six months later I got a letter sent to my mums from NTC to say I owed rent and council tax and it needed to be paid, I called and advised that I couldn't as I never lived in the property and explained that I was already paying rent and council tax with my mum. I also advised the lady at the council that if she contacted any of the residents they would also have been able to tell her that no one was living in the property at the dates she said I was there.
I never heard any more from them until today when my mum gave me a letter dated 22/4/2009 which had been sent to her current address where she has lived since Nov 2004 from Equita Bailiffs addressed to me using my old surname which was changed in June 2003 saying that the bailiffs were coming at the weekend to remove goods. I have lived on my own now with my 8 year old daughter for 18 months and previous to that at my mothers and I have had no letters from NTC regarding this matter so I assumed they had corrected the information they were holding about me as it was not correct.
I am not sure what to do now as these bailiffs have been passed my details, how am I supposed to prove that I didn't live there afiter all this time? I think my mum may still have the tenancy agreement from the house we shared, if not I should be able to contact the letting agent for it to prove I lived there. I should also be able to get a statement from my previous employer and my bank to state the address they had on file for me.
I have done a search on a forum regarding Equita Bailiffs and have heard some horror storys
Can anyone help?
I never heard any more from them until today when my mum gave me a letter dated 22/4/2009 which had been sent to her current address where she has lived since Nov 2004 from Equita Bailiffs addressed to me using my old surname which was changed in June 2003 saying that the bailiffs were coming at the weekend to remove goods. I have lived on my own now with my 8 year old daughter for 18 months and previous to that at my mothers and I have had no letters from NTC regarding this matter so I assumed they had corrected the information they were holding about me as it was not correct.
I am not sure what to do now as these bailiffs have been passed my details, how am I supposed to prove that I didn't live there afiter all this time? I think my mum may still have the tenancy agreement from the house we shared, if not I should be able to contact the letting agent for it to prove I lived there. I should also be able to get a statement from my previous employer and my bank to state the address they had on file for me.
I have done a search on a forum regarding Equita Bailiffs and have heard some horror storys
Can anyone help?
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