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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:48 am
by stu287
I have re posted this here to see if it gets a bit more traffic.

Hi all,

I am currently trying to put forward a case to pay my IVA off early. I currently live with my girlfriend and her family. Our relationship has been deteriorating since my IVA started 18 months ago and is now at the point where she has had enough and is threatening to leave me. She has though offered to loan me some money to pay the IVA off and make a fresh start. I have explained the situation to my IP and they said that I have a reasonable case because if our relationship ends and I become homeless (my family live abroad) I would have very little money after paying rent & bills etc.

I would really appreciate your opinions on the budget I have prepared should the above happen and I have to rent my own place. I will put my current budget in for reference (this was the original budget agreed at the start of my IVA in October 08).


Current Expenditure

Board £240
Bills Contribution £75
Car tax £15
Car Insurance £40
Dental £10
Mobile phone bill £40
Car maintenance £30
Petrol £175
Breakdown £4
Food & toiletries £180
Other £10
Sports £15
Work meals £20
Hairdressers £5
Prescriptions £5
Clothes £25

Total £889


Revised Budget

Rent £380
Council tax £60
Water £20
Electricity £50
TV license £10
Gas £50
Phone/broadband £40
Car tax £15
Car Insurance £40
Dental £10
Mobile phone bill £40
Car maintenance £30
Petrol £190
Breakdown £4
Food & toiletries £200
Other £10
Sports £15
Work meals £20
Hairdressers £5
Prescriptions £5
Clothes £50

Total £1244







It is worth noting that when my IVA started I had a monthly take home income of £1150 which has now risen to £1400. I have never lived on my own before so am unsure if the figures I have put in for things like gas and electric are reasonable. The rent I have allowed for would be for a small apartment but not a dump.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:43 am
by Adam Davies
Hi
How much are you paying into your IVA at present ?
Regards

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:34 pm
by stu287
My payments are 302 per month, currently I am paying 344 because I am in arrears (2.7 months) and will do so until the end of the year. I have now payed roughly 5k of the original 18k IVA.

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:02 am
by MelanieGiles
But you are only showing a DI of £156 - so how are you affording to make the repayments at present, and what sort of sum can your girlfriend provide you with?

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:44 am
by plasticdaft
MelanieGiles wrote:

But you are only showing a DI of £156 - so how are you affording to make the repayments at present, and what sort of sum can your girlfriend provide you with?
That DI is for his estimated revised budget should he have to move out/live alone Mel[;)](you burning the candle at both ends again???)

Paul

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:13 am
by stu287
I am still living at my gf's house, the proposed budget would be if I were to move out. I am trying to make the creditors see that if that happens the IVA is likely to fail. She can currently only get 9k which hopefully given the circumstances there is a chance of the creditors accepting.

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:23 am
by stu287
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:42 am
by plasticdaft
How much were your total debts to start with?? I know you mention an 18k IVA but is that your total debt figure or what you expected to pay over 60 months??

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:55 am
by stu287
My total debt was 29k the 18k is the figure of the IVA

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:08 am
by stu287
Hi all, thanks for input so far. I sent my settlement offer to BE on monday so hopefully will hear something next week, only managed to get hold of £9,200 which I know isnt that close to actual sum owed but it's got to be worth a try!

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:19 am
by Adam Davies
Hi
Your offer seems reasonable given your circumstances, good luck
Regards

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:30 pm
by stu287
Having sent my letter in over a week ago I havent yet heard anything from BE. I have emailed my account manager just asking if he has recieved it but still no response. I know these things take time but yet again BE fail to respond to any correspondence. Has anybody else found this to be the case with Blair Endersby?

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:34 pm
by kallis3
Try emailing your IP direct via this link:

http://www.insolvency-service.co.uk/newipsearch.htm

Alternatively, BE do monitor the forum and hopefully they will pick up on this.

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:08 pm
by deb.ml
Hi Stu, I'm with BE and had trouble at start of my IVA to talk to someone. I posted a question similar to yours and BE posted asking me to call IP. I'd only ever spoken to an account manager. Since then they have been more than helpful. I also sent them an email at that time. Ask for an IP when you contact them. It worked for me. They have been very efficient since and always happy to help.

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:53 am
by Blair Endersby
Hi stu287

Please forward your customer reference, and contact details, to the below email address, and I will arrange for someone to contact you.

Kind regards

Blair Endersby