Room 4.1 LEB Building, 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 0EL
· Tower Hamlets · decided 9 Dec 2019 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £927 per month |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £5,486 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £4,937.40 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 90%, from the two figures above |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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He suggested a discount of 15% but had no evidence to support that allowance. … This was he said a business model that helps all, a good thing and everyone is happy. … In his view the principle concern should be the safety of the tenants which he said the respondents had failed to safeguard having regard to the fire safety and wiring issues. FINDINGS 34. … Various cases were cited. … The UT case of Ludgate House was a rating case and of limited assistance to us. It was found at paragraphs 98 to 100 of the judgment that the perspective of the licensees themselves was that the occupation provided them with somewhere to live. The clearest demonstration of the exclusivity of their occupation was the provision of a key to each licensee for their own room. The upshot of this case was that the district valuer was required to delete the composite entry for the property from the 2010 rating list and restoring it to the entries in existence before the re-rating. In effect therefore bringing it into council tax. … That case held allowing the
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