The Old Reading Room, Church Lane, Slough, SL3 6LB
CAM/00MD/HMK/2025/0620 · Slough · decided 15 Apr 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 3 Dec 2023 to 30 Jun 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £3,960; £700 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,793 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 55%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £341 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
We accept the Applicant’s unchallenged evidence that he paid a total of £3960.00 in rent in the period 3 December 2023 to 30 June 2024. … The Applicant accepted that his rent was inclusive of gas, electricity, water, internet and council tax. We were not provided with any documentary evidence of the cost to the Respondents of providing these services to the household, though we accept their clear and straightforward evidence that they paid for these utilities in the applicable period. … She accepted however that the tribunal was entitled to make a deduction for utilities given that it is agreed that the rent payable was inclusive of these costs, and that it could use its knowledge as an expert tribunal to form a view about the likely cost of providing these services. … We consider that we should make an allowance for utilities and council tax in this case as these were included as part of the rent. Doing our best on the limited information available to us and giving the Applicant the benefit of the doubt, we estimate that the Respondents will have spent around £400 per month on utilities and council tax in this period. We divide this figure between four given that there were four lettable rooms in the property and the Applicant should not in our judgment have to pay extra for the periods in which the property was not fully let. …
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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