1A Haverfield Rd London E3 5BH
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0103 · Tower Hamlets · decided 25 Sep 2023 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,875 per applicant on average; £27,500 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £600 |
| 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
In this case, the Applicants had no idea as to the cost of any of the utilities included in the rent. … In the circumstances, the Tribunal declines to make any deduction in relation to utilities. … The next step is to consider the seriousness of the offence. … He was prompted to do so because there were no fire alarms or smoke detectors at the property and, when he raised this with the Respondent, he did not attempt to fix the problem. Indeed, the First Applicant got the impression that the Respondent thought that the property was not subject to the same health and safety requirements as tenanted properties because the occupants were only “lodgers” – this is not correct as licensees are covered in the same way as tenants. The Respondent only installed fire alarms when prompted by Tower Hamlets and, even then, they appear to have been individual smoke detectors bought from a local DIY store, not networked nor wired to the mains, which would not be adequate. (b) Apart from the installation of inadequate fire alarms, the Respondent took little or no action after being notified by Tower Hamlets of the licensing requirements. Instead of applying for a licence, the Respondent promised Tower Hamlets he would evict all the “lodgers” and stop letting out the rooms. In all likelihood, he knew that he was not going to do this when he said it. …
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.
The original
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