212 Haslemere Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 9AS
HAV/00MR/HMF/2025/0606 · Portsmouth · decided 22 Dec 2025 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also unlicensed house (selective licensing), illegal eviction, harassment |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 6 Feb 2024 to 5 Feb 2025 |
| 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
be the maximum amount found by applying the above principles. The Tribunal otherwise has a discretion as to the amount of the order. However, section 44(4) requires that the Tribunal must take particular account of the following factors when exercising that discretion: a) the conduct of the landlord and the tenant, b) the financial circumstances of the landlord, and c) whether the landlord has at any time been convicted of any of the specified offences. The Hearing. … Both parties were representing themselves. … The Respondent sought to evict her on the 31st December 2024. … This related to the heating and doors which did not have locks. … She then agreed to move into the property. … It was said that no bedrooms or bathrooms had any locks. … She had felt that the other tenants were happy with the same and had not been aware until the end of her occupation that they were not. All tenants had accepted his help around the property as well as accepting that each would have friends and family stay on occasions. There had been an agreement with tenants that they would notify each other in advance if they were to have guests. … The rent payment date had initially been agreed as the 6th of each month as she was an agency worker at that point. … The rent included all bills which was said to be electricity, water, wifi, council tax etc. …
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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