Flat 28 Osborn Street, London E1 6TD
LON/00BG/HMF/2023/0224 · Tower Hamlets · decided 12 Aug 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals: Cherry Deals Limited |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 4 Mar 2022 to 24 Feb 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £1,000 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £8,415 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 90%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £320 |
| 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
The decision to make a RRO award is therefore discretionary. However, because the offence was established the Tribunal found no reason why it should not make an RRO in the circumstances of this application against the 2nd and 3rd Respondents. … The Applicant was seeking to recover rent paid of £10,350 for the period between 4 March 2022 to 24 February 2023. The Tribunal accepted the Applicant’s evidence of payment set out at pages 77 to 85 of the Applicant’s bundle. … The Applicant told the Tribunal that she paid rent and did not pay any separate utility bills. When determining the amount of a RRO, the Tribunal has a discretion whether or not to make a deduction for utility payments. … The Tribunal did not have before it any evidence as to the amount of utility payments that were made for the Property. The Tribunal therefore used its expertise and determined that given the number of people sharing the Property, a deduction of £1,000 would be a reasonable amount for utility payments in the absence of any other information. … The Tribunal had to consider the seriousness of the offence compared to other types of offences for which a RRO could be made, and also as compared to other examples of the same offence. … In determining the seriousness of the offence, the Tribunal adopted
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
Other rent repayment orders near E1 6TD · Licensing schemes and register for E1 6TD
Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.