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1 Walrond Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 7EL

LON/00AE/HMK/2020/0027 · Brent · decided 17 Jun 2021 · rent repayment order

old rules

Dismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.

OffenceIllegal eviction; also improvement notice not complied with, harassment
LandlordIndividual
Applicants1 tenant
Rent£620 per month
Period the order relates to14 Feb 2020 to 21 Mar 2020
RulesOld 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

(1) Where the First-tier Tribunal decides to make a rent repayment order under section 43 in favour of a tenant, the amount is to be determined in accordance with this section. (2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the period mentioned in the table. … He stated that his deposit had not been protected by being deposited in accordance with the rent deposit scheme. He set out that his main area of difficulty had been that the landlord had informed him of his intention to undertake improvement works to the kitchen, which involved the tiling and install a new shower, to what had been part of the kitchen and connect the shower and toilet to the soil pipe and nearby manhole. The other works comprised of plastering the ceiling, changing the flooring, and installing a new kitchen and utilities. He stated that this had deprived him of access to the kitchen. … He stated that the work started on 14 February 2020, and was not completed until 21/03/2020. … He stated that during that period he had no access to the sink, the cooker, the washing machine and the garden. … He further complained about the numbers of people within the property (two families with children, and two single men. He was concerned that the number of occupants and failure to wear masks had caused a potential breach of health and safety due to covid. …

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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