Hi all,
Just looking for some advice on what I should do going forward. For the record I am a resident in Scotland.
I have accrued around 47k of unsecured debt among six creditors in the UK.
1 Ratesetter £23.8k P2P loan
2 Barclaycard CC £4.9K
3 Tesco Bank CC £5.9k
4 Virgin Money CC £6.2k
5 Hitachi deferred payment £4.5K
6 V12 Secure Trust Bank £1.8K
I am now at a point that I am about to start missing payments and will end up defaulting. I have spoken to step change who have recommended a DPP under the Debt Arrangement Scheme as I have a flat with equity that I wish to protect.
While this is the formal way of things I thought I could perhaps try the informal route first and doing a self managed DMP with it being more flexible and being able to pay off creditors with lump sums if I can get some overtime built up.
I filled out my income/expenditure sheet and included this in a letter to each of my creditors explaining I can no longer service my debts and included a revised payment amount (pro rata of £585 surplus). The letters were sent 1st class recorded signed for. All direct debits have been cancelled today also.
I assume it is now just a waiting game for their responses? I reckon they will more than likely reject especially Ratesetter - this is the debt I am most worried about as it's a high amount and essentially other peoples money.
Am I doing the right thing here? Should I just be going straight for the DPP to save any court cases?
Any help or advice on the matter is greatly appreciated.