Flat 8 Ellington House 148 Southwold Road London E5 9PB : /
· Hackney · decided 22 Jul 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Harassment; also unlicensed hmo |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £700 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 14 Apr 2019 to 13 Oct 2019 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,100 per applicant on average; £4,200 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | not stated |
| 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
The monthly rent was payable on the 15th day of each month in the sum of £700 PCM. … During this time, the property was unlicensed as an HMO, and remained unlicensed until the Applicants left the premises. … The subject property was required to be licensed under the additional licence scheme. … The Landlord, after specifying his intention to evict the other couple, changed his mind and firstly asked him to accept the tenancy of an alternative property, he asserted that the other tenants had been in the property prior to the applicants. … The Landlord attended the property with a photographer who took photographs within the property without permission. … On 16 August 2019, the Landlord served a section 21 notice requiring the Applicants to leave the property. In response the Applicants set out their understanding of the law, that they were not required to leave without a court order. … Including details of their text message exchanges. In support of their claims. … In the letter they set out that the Applicants had acted with bad faith and alleged that they had not paid their share of the utility bills. … The Hearing. … He stated that if the Tribunal was not with him, it could make findings in respect of all three offences, and could apportion the rent repayment so that awards were made for each of the three offences. …
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The original
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