Thank you for your response - I've since contacted Durham Council about paying them direct but they are not interested. I've confirmed I am liable for the whole amount £761 - but the bailiffs are wanting £1100 (fees i presume). I think I shall try and move things tonight to get as little as possible available to be seized ready for the dreaded return. I have been reading online about writing to the council and requesting i deal with them direct if they do not accept my payment offer - i'm not sure how successful i will be though, as when i asked on the phone earlier they said I had to deal with Jacobs direct (this seems to differ from information ive read on here/other forums though) Thanks again

Hi all I'm looking for a bit of advise really After a messy divorce and a house repossession i've been left in a lot of debt, i didn't realise until recently that i was still liable for council tax until the house was actually sold at auction rather than just when i was evicted In the past few weeks I've been receiving letters from Jacobs saying i owe £800 (its now up to £1100) to cover the Durham County Council debt. This morning a baliff turned up at the door and my partner answered and he has said he will be removing goods tomorrow unless full payment is made. She did not let him in, nor did he give her a list of assets. I phoned Jacobs but they will not accept part payment (i offered £200 which is all i can afford at the moment), they said i need to deal with the baliff direct (who is not answering his phone nor responding to my text message to give me a call back) but they said he will not accept anything but full payment tomorrow because its now on enforcement stage. Am i best locking all the doors and just not answering tomorrow? And writing to them to propose a payment plan? My concern is I've got a family car (which i'll park up the road tomorrow just in case) and 3x car shells (no interior or engine or suspension or wheels etc..) parked out the front along with a large car transporter trailer. Are these likely to get seized tomorrow? They would have to get a specialist hiab type truck to try and lift them over the garden wall (unless they can jack them up and put them on rollers, but i believe this would take some time). Are they likely to do this? I was proposing £200 and 3x £300 monthly payments to them to cover the debt. I'm also not sure if i am liable for the entire amount from Durham County Council, i have a feeling they have charged for a period after it was reprocessed but i do not have any concrete date evidence (i've moved about a lot since the house went and have lost records). I'm thinking i should also write to Durham Council to confirm ? Should I notify the baliff that i am writing to confirm the debt? Will this delay things? Thanks for all your help (hopefully!) Roo