Flat 12, 26-32 Bacon Street, London E2 6DY
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0031 · Tower Hamlets · decided 28 Jul 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing); also illegal eviction, harassment |
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| Landlord | Company: Rosemede Homes Ltd |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £1,150 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 May 2022 to 27 Jan 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £9,719.35 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £7,775.48 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 80%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
conduct of both landlord and tenant, the landlord’s financial circumstances and whether the landlord has been prosecuted. … There is no evidence to demonstrate that the landlord has been prosecuted. … The Tribunal does not find harassment or an attempt to illegally evict the applicant from the property. While an invalid notice was served, the respondents took no further action. The applicant’s own conduct further to that notice was to ignore it until some two months later when he sought legal advice, and then deciding to vacate the property voluntarily do not demonstrate that he felt harassed. His evidence about having felt harassed was not persuasive. … In particular in unsubstantiated allegations that the applicant had damaged the windows, the allegation that the applicant had in some way treated operatives badly due to their ethnicity, and generally poor tenant management. … The Tribunal do not find that the applicant tenant demonstrated poor conduct other than withholding the last half month’s rent, but that will be reflected in the RRO award. In relation to the respondent’s claims that the applicant complained too much, it cannot be poor conduct to request repairs to be carried out. It is not in dispute by the applicant that he failed to settle the utilities owed to his co-tenant, but he assured the Tribunal that he would resolve that debt. …
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