58a Chapel View South Croydon CR2 7LF
LON/00AH/HMG/2019/0025 · Croydon · decided 8 Jan 2020 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £900 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 17 Sep 2018 to 16 Jul 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £8,395.90 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,250 per applicant on average; £2,500 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 30%, from the two figures above |
| 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
(The period was nine months and 10 days so the amount in question was nine months at £900, being £8100 plus 10 days at £29.59 a day being £295.90. Hence the total in question of £8395.90). … Amongst other factors the tribunal should be mindful of the length of time that an offence was being committed and the culpability of the landlord is relevant; a professional landlord is expected to know better. From the evidence before it provided by the applicants the Tribunal took the view that the respondent was not a professional landlord. (The respondent confirmed in reply to an enquiry from the Tribunal that this property was the only one she owned and that since the end of the letting to the applicants she had relinquished her interest). … Moreover, there is no presumption of a starting point of a 100% refund being made. (In the case mentioned above an award at 75% was considered reasonable). … First there was a problem with the door lock that the tenant could not operate and which meant that they were locked in. The landlord said that the lock when tested was fully operative. There was a dispute about the provision of bins but this probably arose from poor communication between the parties. There was an issue about the garden fence as the tenant had to secure it with a supportive band. The tenant said that the windows were defective in that they would not operate properly. …
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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