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LON/00BE/HMF/2020/0231 · Southwark · decided 21 May 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £1,900 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 25 Oct 2018 to 24 Oct 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £22,800 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £7,600 per applicant on average; £22,800 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 100%, from the two figures above |
| 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
to the 1st Respondent was £1661.01 [65]. … In oral evidence the 2nd Applicant confirmed that she had contacted an engineer when the 1st Respondent failed to remedy the problem with the boiler which is evidenced by ‘whats app’ messages [133-139] covering the period from 31st October 2018-22nd December 2018. The content of the messages make it clear to the 1st Respondent that the flat is cold. … There were no fire safety doors in the property but the applicants could not remember if there were smoke alarms in the bedrooms. … Contact was made with the tenancy deposit schemes. There was no evidence of the deposit having been protected [124-132]. To date the deposit has not been returned or accounted for by the 1st Respondent. FINDINGS 27. The tribunal were satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the Respondents were in breach of the requirement to licence the property as set required by the Council’s additional licensing scheme which came into force on 1st January 2016 [114-115], and as confirmed in the Council’s email dated 25th September 2020, which states “I can confirm the above property does not currently have a licence. However, one was submitted and received by this department on 29 July 2020” [79]. … Therefore the only further issue for determination by the Tribunal is the amount of the RRO. …
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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