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41 Hill View Road, Oxford, OX2 0DA

CAM/38UC/HMJ/2025/0001 · Oxford · decided 12 Jun 2025 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing)
LandlordCompany: RHHSR Limited
Applicants1 tenant
Rentnot stated as one figure
Period the order relates to1 Sep 2022 to 21 Aug 2023
Maximum the tribunal could award£23,560
Amount the tribunal ordered£17,672.25 (1 applicant)
Share of the maximum75%, as the tribunal stated it
Tribunal fees to be reimbursed£330
RulesOld rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent.

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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

amount of rent paid and then deduct any element of that sum that represents payments for utilities that benefit the tenant such as gas and electricity and internet access. … The Applicant was responsible for the utility costs during the tenancy and therefore no deduction for utilities is to be made. Repayment Order. … Under section 44 of the 2016 Act the amount the landlord may be required to repay must not exceed the rent paid in that period. The Tribunal must also take into account the conduct of the landlord and tenant and the financial circumstances of the landlord and whether the landlord has been convicted of an offence. There is also a defence available to the landlord of reasonable excuse. … The Tribunal has no evidence of a conviction. … The Applicant stated that she was a very responsible tenant who paid her rent on time until January 2024 and looked after the property and garden extremely well. She noted that the Property was put on the market in late 2023 and she accommodated viewings which resulted in an offer being secured within weeks of listing. She believed this was in part because the Property was presented in an attractive and clean state for all the viewings. … The offer fell through after the buyers conducted a survey on 5th January 2024 due to issues of disrepair in the Property. …

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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