87 Orchehill Avenue, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8QL
CAM/00MX/HMK/2025/0613 · Buckinghamshire · decided 16 Dec 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £710 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Jan 2024 to 19 Feb 2025 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £8,520; £1,577 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,471.50 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, 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 consider first whether the First Respondent has committed an offence under section 72(1) of the 2004 Act, namely being a person having control of or managing an HMO which is required to be licensed but is not so licensed. … Indeed, he accepted that prior to 19 February 2025 the property required a HMO licence but that no such licence was in place. … We are also satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the First Respondent was a person managing the property in that period. As set out above, he is a registered freehold owner of the property and has been so since 2001. He agreed, and we find, that he received rent from the Applicant and the other occupiers of the property in the period 1 January 2024 to 19 February 2025. … We accept the First Respondent’s unchallenged evidence that he did not know that a HMO licence was required in order to let rooms in his property until 19 February 2025, when the local authority visited. However, he accepted in his witness statement and his oral evidence that there was information available online about the licensing requirements, including on the website on which he advertised rooms for rent, and that he had used that website to place around 15 tenants in the property. He agreed that he had been letting rooms at the property for around 15 years. …
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The original
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