Turnpike House, 270 Stamford Hill, Hackney, N16 6TY
LON/00AM/HMF/2024/0104 · Hackney · decided 14 Apr 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Vacant Property Management Limited |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Mar 2022 to 28 Feb 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £8,000 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,000 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| 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 parties agreed that the whole of the rent for the relevant period was £9,000. … There were no invoices to substantiate this in the bundles. … He stated that he had no access to the utility meters. … The Tribunal’s decision. … Reasons for the Tribunal’s decision. … There was no information before the Tribunal as to the amount of the utilities paid by VPM, and the Tribunal find it unlikely that as much as 30-35% of the licence fees received were paid in respect of utilities. … In the absence of any evidence as to what was spent and having regard to the energy price cap, as the only possible source of evidence, the Tribunal finds that a reasonable deduction from the maximum amount of the RRO for both council tax and utilities would be in the region of £1,000, leaving the maximum net amount of £8,000. … As to the seriousness of the offence, the Tribunal has taken into account that that proper enforcement of licensing requirements against all landlords, good and bad, is necessary to ensure the general effectiveness of licensing system and to deter evasion, and the seriousness of the offence. … The Tribunal has then considered how serious the offence is within its category. …
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
Other rent repayment orders near N16 6TY · Licensing schemes and register for N16 6TY
Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.