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Can my landlady's "legal representative" "seize" my property because I owe her £232
Submitted on: 18th Aug 2009 by Non-Member | Total Answers: 1

My ex landlady has threatened to have her "legal representative" take my property because of £232 rent arrears.
She has allready retained my camera I bought for £240 now she is threatening that her "representative" will "seize" my musical instrument, a keyboard synthesiser, next time I preform with the band.

I need my instrument to preform in the band. It also contains programming that I have spent hours on and is totally unique to that instrument, and cannot be replaced. The synthesiser is worth £800 but is priceless in terms of the sounds I have stored in there, some which have featured on demos that have been played on national radio and are integral to some of our songs.

There has been no court action and the only warning of the threatened "seizure" action was a badly typed e-mail written to our band, not me directly, a few weeks back. As far as I am aware she is threatening to steal my property and my intellectual property, please help!!

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Re: Can my landlady's "legal representative" "seize" my ...

In theory a landlord does have the right to instruct a bailiff to seize goods if you fall behind with your rent. It isn't often used - I suppose because not all landlords know about it.

Obviously she doesn't want your keyboard - she wants the money but she can hold your goods until you pay. Ultimately the bailiff can sell them at auction to clear the debt and their costs.

Incidentally a landlord does not have to go to court for this, although most do, the procedure is called "distraint".

When a bailiff gets involved things get very expensive very quickly, You'd be well advised to make an arrangement to pay the rent arrears.

If you don't think you owe the money you should contact your local CAB.

Submitted on: 19th Aug 2009 by Darren Member

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