Council tax arrears been passed to bailiffs,but also my employer has been sent attachment of earnings request?

Question

I have council tax arrears, my employer has been sent a letter saying he has to take money off my wages until it is paid off, which i have started doing. But then i got a letter from a bailiff company saying they are going to come and take all my stuff if i don't pay the debt for council tax. It is a different amount to what my employer received. They're saying i have to pay £329 by 28th which i obviously cant do, and i've got less time to sort it as it's bank holiday. I was going to say to them i will pay £40 a week or something but i don't know if i can. I haven't even got time to go to the council and find out why there's 2 payments to be made as they are going to come and take all my stuff and i have a young son. I know i shouldn't have got in this mess but i'm trying to sort it. How can i earn a quick £300 or where can i get a loan for that amount. I'm really scared i'm going to come home from work that day and all my stuff will be gone

Answer 1

Ring the bailiff company and arrange an interview. They will come out and see you. To arrange seizure of your wages at source they already have a court order.

The bailiff will negotiate, they want money not goods. Most likely one of the bills is a processing mistake that can be sorted out with dialogue.

Don't go for the loan option that just makes matters worse.

Answer 2

you need to get down to your citizens advice beauru and quickly.  By the sounds of this, they must have been chasing you for a while so you should have sorted it out earlier.

Is there no way you can take £300 off your credit card?  I realise its a big deal, but if you were to pay £80 a month back, then it would only take 4 months to pay off and it wouldnt be that much intrest, better than coming home to find your stuff has been taken.

If you dont have a credit card, you can apply for one online and they'll give you an answer straight away.