Hi,
I had an Iva on 1st July 2013, I had some payment extensions and because I couldn’t increase my payments in year 3 as much as they anticipated due to wife’s income going down, it was extended and I have paid 72 months worth of payments. These ended in September 2019. I have sent off documents requested and have sent around 20 contact is forms to aperture with no response.
I have tried ringing and am on hold for 30/40 minutes at a time and the messaging says they cannot do anything until 6 months after your last payment.
Three weeks ago I had a letter to ask about a remortgage (surely this should have been done way before my last payment?) mortgage review established that it couldn’t be released, so now it’s back to aperture. I have received nothing, I’ve chased with no response
Please help, I want to get on with my life . I am completely trapped by this company and IVA, having already paid 6 years worth of payments
Unfortunately Aperture are known for dragging their heels and will go for the full six months before your closure letter arrives. Keep on at them and make a threat of a complaint - does sometimes work.
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I’m worried they are going to ask me to pay another year of IVA because I couldn’t remortgage.
My wife and I want to just get on with our lives and possibly move in the next couple of years. It’s seeming like an impossible task at the moment.
It was originally with DFD and then got switched to these and it’s just been awful
Hi,
No it was a standard 5 year from the offset and DFD secured a variation for another year.
I haven’t been paying into my Iva since September as it is showing as completed - but nothing taken off my credit file.
Is there anyone I can complain to about Aperture, surely there are standards they need to comply with?
Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:38 pmgareth225 wrote:
Hi,
No it was a standard 5 year from the offset and DFD secured a variation for another year.
I haven’t been paying into my Iva since September as it is showing as completed - but nothing taken off my credit file.
Is there anyone I can complain to about Aperture, surely there are standards they need to comply with?
What was the basis for this variation ? Was it the equity release year ( in which case Aperture cannot add it again) ?
I’ve heard back from them, well I didn’t hear back from them I logged into the account and saw that they have scheduled another 12 months payment with the reference of ‘freehold land and property’ - I’m assuming this means It’s payment in lieu of a remortgage.
So I will start making these payments immediately. My new query is, does the Iva automatically close after this 12 months or do I need to try and remortgage again? Will they also take another 6 months to close the IVA down?
I’m tempted to ask family to loan me the money for a full and final settlement of the remaining 12 months to get it closed earlier? Would this work?
Sounds like the equity release extension --- but I am still curious as to this earlier variation which extended the IVA already ... why was this ??? If it was for equity, Aperture cannot do it again, nor, as you ask, can they repeat this exercise next year. An IVA has only one bite of the equity cherry !
My opinions are merely that .. opinions based on experience. Always seek professional advice.
IVA Completed 23rd July 2013 .... C.C. 10th January 2014
Hi, it was extended as they were expecting me to increase my payment three years in due to a car loan ending. But this coincided with my wife having a pay cut so it meant we were only able to maintain the payments we had.
They went for a variation to secure the £200 payment rather than increase to £300, so they added an extra year.
Will I need to do an I&e at the end of this year now to close. I’m hoping aperture are going to sort out closing it quickly
You will do an I&E at the end. They will focus more on income for those last 12 month that expenditure going forward. I am afraid Aperture are the one company whose policy seems to be to take the full 6 months for closure ! There have been one or two instances where they have closed sooner, but these seem to be less frequent than the election of a new pope !
My opinions are merely that .. opinions based on experience. Always seek professional advice.
IVA Completed 23rd July 2013 .... C.C. 10th January 2014
Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:48 amgareth225 wrote:
I’m tempted to borrow money off family to do a full and final settlement to pay off sooner, as I was hoping to move next year.
They have to 'gift' you the money, you can't borrow it (of course, if you choose to pay them back out of the goodness of your heart, after the IVA has concluded, that is your business). It takes 2 to 3 months to organise so you would have to be off the mark pretty swiftly to make it worthwhile.
My opinions are merely that .. opinions based on experience. Always seek professional advice.
IVA Completed 23rd July 2013 .... C.C. 10th January 2014
