9 Charlton Road, London SE3 7EU
LON/00AL/HMF/2022/0147 · Greenwich · decided 24 Feb 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £950 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 20 Sep 2021 to 19 Feb 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £117 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,457.75 per applicant on average; £2,915.50 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 70%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
she cannot afford the amount demanded. … Although he acknowledges that ignorance of the law is not a defence, he asks the Tribunal to also consider the difficult position the respondent found herself in due to Covid when she was not able to find guests to occupy the guest house, and in that context, she entered the arena of long term letting in order to survive because of commercial desperation. … FINDINGS 35. The Tribunal finds that during the period 20/09/2021 until 19/02/2022 there were at least 5 people living at the property as their only or principal home, paying rent or licence fees to the respondent for occupation for exclusive occupation of their room, with shared facilities of the kitchen. … The Tribunal finds that the respondent landlord had control of the property and failed to apply for the requisite mandatory HMO licence. … The respondent does not have a reasonable excuse for not making an application and for having control of an HMO that required a licence. … A1 and A2 paid rent of £950 pcm from 20/09/2021 until 19/02/2022. That rent included utilities. … The Tribunal found beyond reasonable doubt that the respondent was in breach of the requirement to licence the property under the mandatory HMO licensing requirements based on the occupation set out in the table above. Therefore, the only further issue for determination by the Tribunal is the amount of the RRO. …
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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