11 Southcote Road, London N19 5BJ
LON/00AU/HMG/2023/0025 · Islington · decided 11 Jan 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £1,950 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 25 Aug 2021 to 10 Jul 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £19,490.22 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,248.37 per applicant on average; £9,745.10 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, 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.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
The respondent makes no submissions on his financial circumstances, other than to claim in excess of £7,000 in expenses when the tenants vacated the property. FINDINGS 44. The Tribunal finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the respondent landlord is in breach of the additional licensing requirement for the property for the period claimed by the applicants from 25/08/2021 to 10/07/2022. … The reasonable excuse defence claimed by the respondent that two of the applicants were in a relationship and therefore there were only two households is misconceived. Even if there were only two households, he would still have required an additional licence for the property. … The Tribunal found that the amount of net rent paid by each applicant for the period was as follows: (i) A1 paid £6,614.15 (ii) A2 paid £6,734.15 (iii) A3 paid £6,141.92 47. Therefore, the only further issue for determination by the Tribunal is the amount of the RRO. … In determining the amount, the Tribunal must have regard to the conduct of both landlord and tenant, the landlord’s financial circumstances and whether the landlord has been prosecuted. … There is no evidence to demonstrate that the landlord has been prosecuted. …
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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