31 Thornaby House, Canrobert Street, London E2 0BE
LON/00BG/HMG/2021/0005 · Tower Hamlets · decided 15 Dec 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £2,050 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,660.77 per applicant on average; £7,982.30 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 70%, 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
The applicants say that there is a period between 17th March 2020 and the 5th August 2020 where rent is not being claimed as there were only 2 occupants in the property, meaning that the property did not require a licence. … This was received in June 2020 during the period when there were not three tenants in the property and is therefore not relevant to the claim. … The tribunal then heard arguments about the tenants’ conduct, the respondent’s conduct and his financial circumstances. The tenants’ conduct. … The tenants’ representative said that the tenants had behaved properly. They paid their rent on time, reported repairs in a timely fashion and generally behaved well. They took responsibility for replacing tenants as they left the property. … The respondent raised no issue about the conduct of the tenants. The respondent’s conduct. The applicants argue that the failure to licence the property was a very serious failing by someone who had been in the business of renting out property since around 2012. … The applicants allege that the property was poorly managed and poorly maintained. They refer to correspondence with the agents. … In this email she sates that there are a number of works that have never been fixed since being reported long ago. Some of the problems have existed since she first moved into the flat in 2016. …
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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