130 Guildford Park Avenue, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7NN
CHI/43UD/HMF/2020/0013 · Guildford · decided 31 Mar 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 5 tenants |
| Rent | £2,800 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 27 Jul 2019 to 29 Mar 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,401.43 per applicant on average; £17,007.13 in total for 5 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| 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
excuse. … That evidence was not challenged by the Applicants and, in particular, no ulterior motive for the delay in licensing was put to the Respondents. However, the case is that the Respondents simply forgot, no more and no less. … Lack of intent to fail to renew does not turn forgetting into a reasonable excuse. … As the Respondents own two properties rented out- see below- and that apparently provides most of their income, it may be arguable that they are professional landlords. In addition, 10% of the rent payable is apparently paid to an agent. … In relation to the period after receipt of the letter from the Council, which the Tribunal will take to be two days after its production and so 21st February 2020- applying the usual time allowed for postal service of court documents and in the absence of any witness evidence as to the date of receipt or post-marked envelope- the illness could potentially have an impact on the renewal of the application. That is therefore relevant to the period 21st February 2020 to 27th March 2020. … However, the Tribunal has concluded that there is not. … The Respondents assert that an application was made promptly after the reminder and that the Council accepted in correspondence 4th December 2020 that the application had so been made promptly. …
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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