Because of the wording in our chairmans report we almost had this issue.
Our troublesome clause read as follows:
"If the amount of equity available in the property is under 5k, it is De-minimus and does not have to be released via remortgage. However the IVA should be extended by a maximum of 12 monthly additional contributions, or until contributions have equaled the estimated available equity, whichever is the sooner"
This effectively meant ANY equity - even a few pounds would have had to be paid in!
You can see how it worked out for us here:
http://www.iva.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TO ... hichpage=1
We were with DFD and luckily it became irrelevant in the end as we proved we were in fact in negative equity. However it is well worth noting for anyone just starting out never to accept ambiguous wording in the chairmans report.
I would hope if DFD are now using the latest protocol that this clause won't appear any more but wise to avoid it if it does.
"Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent." - Jean Kerr
IVA approved Aug 2008 - 6 year term - last payment made 6 Oct 2014. CC received 14 Nov 2014.