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Can't pay the amount Bristow & Sutor have said!!
Hi,
Me and my partner have recently moved in together, I have two boys a 14 and 10yr old and am six months pregnant.
In July of this year we were visited by a Bristow & Sutor agent, who explained about a Council tax bill outstanding of my partners from 3 years back. He came in, we agreed on a payment plan, he made a list of inventory of goods seized but did not remove anything, my partner signed this.
He also outlined the payments on a notice of seizure of goods form, which includes extra fees, which he and my partner both signed.
When I rang up the bailiffs at the end of August as agreed to make the first payment I was told the original agreement is now invalid as some other costs have come to light and also been added onto the account. I asked them where was the letter to explain this as they had over a month to send us one to explain this and I was just fobbed off with an excuse. After lots of discussion we agreed on a first payment which i made but having explained we cannot pay the £240 required for the next five months as it is too much. The woman would't budge or even try to understand our situation!
We have once again just been on the phone to them and they have said if we don't pay then someone will be round to pick up the items on the inventory listed from the first visit (which is pointless because they came with the house we are currently renting).
I don't work but my partner does, his pay is very much dependent on commission and these last few months have been very slow, we budget ourselves to make sure we cover all our bills but this payment that the bailiffs are asking for will leave us very short each month plus trying to buy baby bits, near impossible.
Please could you advise on what we can do to make them understand, we are willing to pay but just not that much, is there a way for Manchester council to take payments? How can we avoid our goods being taken?
Please help!
Thank you for reading.
Me and my partner have recently moved in together, I have two boys a 14 and 10yr old and am six months pregnant.
In July of this year we were visited by a Bristow & Sutor agent, who explained about a Council tax bill outstanding of my partners from 3 years back. He came in, we agreed on a payment plan, he made a list of inventory of goods seized but did not remove anything, my partner signed this.
He also outlined the payments on a notice of seizure of goods form, which includes extra fees, which he and my partner both signed.
When I rang up the bailiffs at the end of August as agreed to make the first payment I was told the original agreement is now invalid as some other costs have come to light and also been added onto the account. I asked them where was the letter to explain this as they had over a month to send us one to explain this and I was just fobbed off with an excuse. After lots of discussion we agreed on a first payment which i made but having explained we cannot pay the £240 required for the next five months as it is too much. The woman would't budge or even try to understand our situation!
We have once again just been on the phone to them and they have said if we don't pay then someone will be round to pick up the items on the inventory listed from the first visit (which is pointless because they came with the house we are currently renting).
I don't work but my partner does, his pay is very much dependent on commission and these last few months have been very slow, we budget ourselves to make sure we cover all our bills but this payment that the bailiffs are asking for will leave us very short each month plus trying to buy baby bits, near impossible.
Please could you advise on what we can do to make them understand, we are willing to pay but just not that much, is there a way for Manchester council to take payments? How can we avoid our goods being taken?
Please help!
Thank you for reading.
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