Top Floor Flat, 82 Hubert Grove, London, SW9 9PD
LON/00AY/HMF/2025/0667 · Lambeth · decided 23 Feb 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Mazal Trading Ltd |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 15 Feb 2024 to 31 May 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £213.50 per applicant on average; £427 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 65%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £427 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
temptation to classify or caricature a landlord as “professional” or “amateur” should be resisted, particularly if that classification is taken to be a threshold to an entirely different level of penalty. … The penalty appropriate to a particular offence must take account of all of the relevant circumstances.” 35. The Applicants included in their bundle a sample of negative reviews online of the managing agent. … We reject the second proposition. What matters is the actual conduct of the Respondent in this case in respect of this property, rather than its general reputation (even if the selection of reviews was fully representative, which we cannot assess). However, the fact that the reviews relate to a number of different properties does show that, even if the Respondent is not the landlord of those properties, they were managed by the managing agent. … So, in this connection, what we can say is that that is the appropriate characterisation of the only director of the Respondent. The Respondent is thus not an inexperienced, amateur or accidental landlord. … We asked the Applicants about fire safety in the property. … We do not consider that we should put significant weight on those doubts. We are left with the conclusion that, at any rate, the relevant units existed. … There was no fire blanket in the kitchen, but there was a fire extinguisher, they said. …
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