22 Kirkwood Road, London, SE15 3XX
LON/00BE/HMF/2024/0032 · Southwark · decided 3 Oct 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £650 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 13 May 2022 to 4 May 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,340 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
distribute it. It was a matter of technicality who was an applicant and who was a witness, rather than a question of liability. … Here, as all the tenants were involved, that was not really a concern here, and there was no concern of double-charges, particularly as the deadline had passed. … It was said that it was appropriate for the full rent to be paid and the distributed as per the private agreement between the tenants. … Turning to what percentage should be awarded, it was said that the Tribunal had to have regard to the point of the legislation and the RRO process. It was said that HMO’s, due to the nature of multiple households, were going to require different standards of safety and living standards compared to single households, particularly in terms of fire safety and training, minimum room sizes, as shared space was treated differently. It was said that the Respondent had failed to provide all of this and had caused a lower standard of living. The Applicant wished to highlight three things: 64. … Secondly, one of the bedrooms was significantly smaller than the minimum size - it was very slightly smaller than minimum required by national standards (which was 6.54m2) but standard set by LB of Southwark was 8m2 for a single room for one person. …
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