Ocean House, 174 Treffry Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1UF
CHI/00HE/HMF/2022/0015 · Cornwall · decided 21 Nov 2022 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £563.33 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 28 Feb 2022 to 24 Apr 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £551 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| 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
is the amount of gross rent paid. … However, when considering its decision, the Tribunal noted that (i) the period of 28 February 2022 to 24 April 2002 is a period of 9 weeks, and that (ii) it was not disputed that the Applicant also paid £130 in cash for rent in advance on the day of the tenancy agreement (as endorsed in manu- script on the agreement itself). These two points suggest that the whole of the rent was in fact £1,170, rather than the £1,040 paid through the bank. … The Tribunal recognises that it did not refer to the additional cash payment of rent during the hearing. … Instead, the Tribunal makes a finding on the basis of the evidence before it that the whole of the rent paid was £1,170. But it gives permission to the Respondent to apply to set aside this part of the decision if he has evidence that the figures used by the Tribunal are wrong. The Tribunal therefore orders that the Respondent shall have leave to apply to set aside this part of the decision within 14 days. The element of the whole rent relating to utilities. The tenancy agreement provides that the rent is inclusive of “all utili- ties”, although these are not specified. However, the bank statements showed periodic payments by the Applicant to the Respondent of £2 and £4 for “washing”. …
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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