7 The Warehouse, Lymore Gardens, Bath, BA2 1FE
CHI/00HA/HMF/2020/0032 · Bath and North East Somerset · decided 1 Mar 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Farleigh Regen (One) Limited |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | £2,000 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Aug 2020 to 23 Sep 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £3,484.75; £199.63 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £734.16 per applicant on average; £2,936.64 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 84%, from the two figures above |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
Respondent in rectifying the error in naming the correct landlord. … 47 The incorrect naming of the Respondent would doubtless have been avoided if the correct landlord’s name had clearly and correctly been specified in the tenancy agreement. It was not. 48 The Tribunal also noted that the Applicants apologised for their error in this regard and as a direct result withdrew their application for a reimburse of fees (both the application fee of £100 and the hearing fee of £200). … 50 In terms of the lack of communication from the Applicants to the Respondents before the making the application, the Tribunal accepted that this would have been desirable, but were unconvinced that it would have resulted in the avoidance of the proceedings entirely. … Indeed, in one communication with the servants or agents of the Respondent the Tribunal accept on the balance of probabilities that the Applicants were told not to expect any reply to their messages, the number they had been given was, they were told, to be viewed as a logging system only. It was easy to understand in those circumstances why no pre-action communication on the subject of an RRO was undertaken by the Applicants. 52 The Tribunal did not consider it was appropriate to reduce the RRO as a result of the Applicant tenants’ conduct. …
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