Property News · October 15, 2017

I’m locked in a dispute with a confused council and bumbling bailiffs


Hammersmith & Fulham sent bailiffs to the wrong address, who threatened to take my car over a fine I knew nothing aboutIn April of this year we were on a month-long trip to Australia and had a friend staying in our flat. One morning we got a distressed call from her to say bailiffs had put a seizure notice through our door demanding £513 on behalf of Hammersmith & Fulham council. They were threatening to tow away our car if we did not pay up, which we did. Once back home I called the council, which said we’d stopped in a yellow box junction. However, we hadn’t received any correspondence about it. I asked the parking officer what address they’d sent the notices to, and he said they had gone to number 285a in our road, when we live at 258a. They had also used an incorrect postcode. Council staff agreed that there had been a mistake but wouldn’t refund the money. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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