Room 1, Flat C, 748, London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1HQ
CAM/111UF/HMB/2021/0003 · Buckinghamshire · decided 18 Jan 2022 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Illegal eviction; also harassment, violence for securing entry |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £690 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 25 Jun 2020 to 24 Jun 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
the bills provided, and produce a lot of heat causing a fire risk, as might be noted from the reports provided, and wires were trailing across the floor causing a hazard. He said because of the amount of electricity the machines use and the heat they generate he considered the risk of fire to be unacceptably high so he turned off the electricity to the sockets in the Applicants room. He did not turn off the lights. He said he turned the electricity back on again after a few days. It was not intended to harass the Applicant or seek his eviction but to make him reduce the amount of electricity he was using. In the event he continued to use the machines by plugging them into the sockets in the hallway. … He said that the electricity had been turned off previously when the supplier checked the meters because the bills were so high. All the occupants were told about this and it was only for a short time. It was then that he found out about the machines and asked the Applicant to stop using them and to put them in a storage cupboard for safe keeping, but he refused. … The rest of her statement mostly referred to the Applicant’s character rather than his conduct. … He also said that the Applicant had left the kitchen in a mess. He added that he believed the Applicant had damaged the door handles and locks. …
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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