293 Heeley Road, Birmingham, B29 6EL
BIR/00CN/HMK/2019/0006 · Birmingham · decided 21 May 2019 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 8 tenants |
| Rent | £2,210 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Jul 2017 to ? |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,486.23 per applicant on average; £19,889.82 in total for 8 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
must relate to rent paid by the Applicants in respect of a period, not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlord was committing the offence. The amount that the Respondent may be required to repay must not exceed the rent paid in respect of that period. We are satisfied that the amounts sought by the Applicants as set out in their application do not exceed those amounts and in the case of the 5th -8th Applicants are less than the amounts they were entitled to claim. … There is no conduct of the Applicants to take into account and it is not suggested that the Respondent has any previous convictions. … The Respondent has not provided us with any details of his financial circumstances. However, we know that he receives a rental income of £26,520 from this Property. … We find that the Respondent has sufficient financial resources to meet the amounts claimed by the Applicants. … We find that each and every one of those claims is untrue. … We find that the Respondent is a professional landlord. … A Landlord who is engaged professionally in letting is likely to be more harshly dealt with than the non-professional. … The Property was unlicensed from 1st July 2017 until an application was made by the Respondent in January 2019. … The Property was therefore unlicensed for 18 months. We find that is a very serious aggravating factor when considering the conduct of the Respondent. …
An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
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