{"id":69068,"date":"2017-10-15T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-locked-in-a-dispute-with-a-confused-council-and-bumbling-bailiffs\/"},"modified":"2017-10-15T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T07:03:31","slug":"im-locked-in-a-dispute-with-a-confused-council-and-bumbling-bailiffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-locked-in-a-dispute-with-a-confused-council-and-bumbling-bailiffs\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m locked in a dispute with a confused council and bumbling bailiffs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHammersmith & 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 \u00a3513 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\u2019d stopped in a yellow box junction. However, we hadn\u2019t received any correspondence about it. I asked the parking officer what address they\u2019d 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\u2019t refund the money. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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