Flat 8 above Desi Spice, Huddersfield Road, Halifax HX3 0NS
MAN/00CY/HMF/2024/0605 · Calderdale · decided 16 Mar 2026 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Harassment; also improvement notice not complied with, prohibition order not complied with, unlicensed hmo |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £550 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Dec 2024 to ? |
| 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 1977 Act, in that the contract was intended to introduce the Applicants to the Flat, and not to impinge on their right to occupation. The Applicants were willing to sign the contract at the time and, over a period of some 5 years, to pay the sums both parties appear to have believed were due by way of rent. The Tribunal finds that the overpayments were due to a misunderstanding on the part of both parties, for which the Respondent has fully compensated the Applicants. … They failed to ask the Respondent for help in moving the furniture. The Tribunal accepts the Respondent’s evidence that he would have assisted them in this regard. The Respondent did not “force” the Applicants to sleep on a sofa. … The Respondent was not in breach of the improvement notice. On his application to the housing authority for extension of time in which to carry out the remedial work at the Flat, an extension was granted initially to 3 December 2024 and then to 30 April 2025, both dates being after the date of the application for a rent repayment order. While the extensions were in place, there was no breach of the terms of the improvement notice. … The Respondent’s failure to renew his HMO licence was an offence, but did not affect the Flat. The Applicants may not recover rent on the basis of an offence unrelated to the premises they occupied. …
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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