5 Element Court, 11 Chance Street, London, E2 7JB
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0154 · Tower Hamlets · decided 12 Jan 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 7 Nov 2021 to 6 Nov 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £838.72 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 20%, as the tribunal stated it |
| 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
could be withheld by the Respondents to cover damage to the shower. The report concluded that the Applicant had reported an issue with the shower-seal and a leak affecting the property. The adjudicator also concluded that the issues with the grout was beyond the scope of fair wear and tear. … Taking this all into consideration, the Tribunal finds that the Applicant complied with her obligations to inform the Respondents about any issues with the Property that she was aware of. For the period 20 September 2022 until the tenancy ended one month early on 6 November 2022 the Applicant did not have access to a shower or bath at the Property and this was not as a result of the Tenant’s actions. Unjustifiable and or unreasonable refusal to return Applicant’s deposit. The Applicant told the Tribunal that the Respondents had attempted to unjustifiably deduct the Applicant’s deposit at the end of the tenancy through a claim for damage to the Property. … However, without a surveyor’s report, it was not possible to conclude how the damage was caused. … The Applicant in her oral evidence to the Tribunal said that she was not aware of the adjudicator’s findings and had not seen the report. …
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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