Flat 32 Sugar House, 99 Leman Street, London E1 8GH
LON/00BG/HMG/2023/0006 · Tower Hamlets · decided 22 Oct 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £1,330 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 25 Mar 2021 to 7 Mar 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,004.10 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 33%, 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
As to the conduct of the tenant the Tribunal heard some limited evidence that the tenant may have caused some damage to the flat beyond normal wear and tear. … The Tribunal finds that it is appropriate in this case to adopt a similar approach. It notes that the repair of the leaking roof complained of by the tenant may not have been the responsibility of a leaseholder of the flat. … He also submitted that the tenant had remained at the property until January 2023. … In that case he undertook a review of orders made by the Upper Tribunal to promote consistent decision making, while acknowledging that each case is different and in each case the decision maker must exercise their own discretion. … Awards of up to 85% or 90% of the rent paid (net of services) are not unknown but are not the norm. Factors which have tended to result in higher penalties include that the offence was committed deliberately, or by a commercial landlord or an individual with a larger property portfolio, or where tenants have been exposed to poor or dangerous conditions which have been prolonged by the failure to licence.
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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