Flat 2, 94 Belgrave Road, Ilford IG1 3AL
LON/00BC/HMF/2020/0060 · Redbridge · decided 18 Mar 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 29 Nov 2018 to 28 Apr 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,413 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
any reasonable excuse, the conduct of the landlord and his financial circumstances. Factors that may be taken into account in assessing quantum. Section 72(5) of the 2004 Act contains a statutory defence of ‘reasonable excuse’ to the offence of being in control/management of an unlicensed HMO. … The tribunal is not persuaded that the applicant did not receive his deposit from the respondents. We come to this conclusion on the basis that he would not have left the property without it and could presumably have applied to one of the deposit-holding services that the respondent must have used under the relevant statutes. … When calculating any RRO the starting point is the rent paid for the relevant period of up to 12 months prior to the application, assuming that the applicant had paid all of the rent due. … It is not disputed that the applicant paid £2,825.00 in rental during the period under consideration. However, there was a lack of evidence before us in relation to the deposit return, but we prefer the evidence of the respondent. … We were not persuaded by the audio recordings presented to us, because it could not be confirmed that it was the landlord’s wife speaking, and the sound quality was very poor. …
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