93B Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EZ
LON/00AZ/HMF/2025/0942 · Lewisham · decided 16 Jul 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | £2,800 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £22,992.18 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,311 per applicant on average; £17,244 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 75%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £330 |
| 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
period 01/09/2023 to 31/08/2024, the only issue for the tribunal to determine is the amount of the RRO: 64. The maximum award that the Tribunal is able to award is the rent, net of housing benefit (no utilities are included in the rent). The net rent paid by applicants for the period from 01/09/2023 to 31/08/2024 was £22,992.18 in the following proportions: A1 paid £6,960; A2 paid £6,600; A3 paid £2,592.18; and A4 paid £6,840.00. … There is no evidence to suggest that the landlord has been prosecuted, and she makes no submissions in relation to her financial circumstances, other than her confirmation that she owns 2 tenanted properties in the UK. … The tribunal finds no bad conduct by the tenants. The cleaning required at the end of a tenancy period claimed by the respondent is not bad conduct, it is a normal requirement at the end of a period of rental. In any event, the respondent has been compensated for cleaning services by the retention of the majority of the deposit. … The tribunal finds very poor conduct by the respondent in failing in their duty to ensure that it was safe for the applicants to occupy the property, this is both in terms of the woeful fire safety, given that there was no fire door to the kitchen, leading to a corridor on which the rooms were located, the only access and egress being the front door near the kitchen. …
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.
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