Room 2, Flat 131 Penshurst Buildings, Queens Crescent, NW5 3QJ
LON/00AG/HMK/2020/0004 · Camden · decided 1 Sep 2022 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £750 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 6 Sep 2019 to 29 Jan 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £120 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,730.75 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £100 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
conduct of both landlord and tenant, the landlord’s financial circumstances and whether the landlord has been prosecuted. … There is no evidence to demonstrate that the landlord has been prosecuted. … The tribunal finds that the respondent demonstrated poor conduct as follows: (i) failure to apply for an HMO licence until she was notified by the Council, although she did this promptly upon notification (ii) profiting from letting the property to more tenants that was subsequently permitted under the terms of the licence (iii) protecting the deposit late, albeit protecting it by 30 October 2019 44. … (vi) Failing to attend the hearing of her own application despite having been directed to, and despite adequate notice of the hearing, choosing instead to leave the country some two weeks before hand. … Not much is known about the respondent’s financial circumstances. Although some bank statements which demonstrated some large payments which were reported to be mortgage payments to a friend, none of that was conclusive. The tribunal does know that the property is worth in excess of £250,000. Even if the respondent borrowed, as is said, £24,000, that is a small mortgage to value of the property. The Tribunal was told that the Respondent was previously a caterer but had been out of work since the start of the Pandemic. The Tribunal did not find this compelling. …
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The original
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