(x4) 88 Lealand Road, London N15 6JT
LON/00AP/HMF/2024/0240 · Haringey · decided 12 Jun 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | £2,400 per month |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,805 per applicant on average; £23,220 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £640 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
claimed. … No previous criminal sanctions have been made against the first respondent. … Reasons for decision. In reaching its decision the tribunal had regard to s.72 of the Housing Act 2004 which states: (1)A person commits an offence if he is a person having control of or managing an HMO which is required to be licensed under this Part (see section 61(1)) but is not so licensed. … The tribunal is satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that the first respondent was a person in control of the property since it was in receipt of the rack rent of the property and was also a person managing the property meeting the definitions in s.263 of the Housing Act 2004. The first respondent is also the landlord of the subject property through the period(s) for which a rent repayment order is claimed. The tribunal accepts the first respondent’s admission that it received the rent for the subject property and that the second respondent acted as its agent despite the second respondent having named itself as the landlord in the written tenancy agreement. … The tribunal finds the first respondent has failed to successfully raise any defence of reasonable excuse. The tribunal finds the respondents were aware that the property was occupied throughout by four unrelated tenants forming four separate households. …
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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