(x5) 4 Biscay Road, London, W6 8JN
LON/00AN/HMF/2024/0011 · Hammersmith and Fulham · decided 4 Nov 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 5 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Nov 2021 to 28 Nov 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £6,102 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,354.34 per applicant on average; £21,771.68 in total for 5 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 60%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £350 |
| 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
Section 43(1) of the 2016 Act provides that the Tribunal may make a RRO if satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, that a landlord has committed a prescribed offence, including the s.72(1) offence, whether or not the landlord has been convicted of that offence. … The next step is to subtract payment for utilities that only benefited the tenants. … At para. … A Council Tax summary [R217] shows monthly payments of £199 per month, increasing to £205 per month in April 2022. … These were costs incurred for his own benefit, in maintaining the Property in order to get a rental income from it. … The next stage is to consider how serious this offence was, both compared to other types of offence in respect of which a RRO may be made and compared to other examples of the same type of offence. … Holes in the skirting board; uneven flooring; differences in floor type; flaking paintwork; a warped kitchen door; and a loose banister; faux grass lawn that was not secured to the ground, even if all true, are not evidence of significant disrepair. … The evidence simply does not suggest that this was a property in significant disrepair. Nor is there evidence of a major mouse infestation or significant mould problem. …
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
This decision replaces an earlier one for the same case: 3 Sep 2024.
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