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Landlords and Property Managers Fined £15,000 for Licensing Violations
In Haringey, managing agents have been handed a hefty £15,000 fine for failing to secure the necessary license for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)…
In Haringey, managing agents have been handed a hefty £15,000 fine for failing to secure the necessary license for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)…
In a landmark ruling at Westminster Magistrate Court, a well-known rogue landlord and his company Blackstone Properties Management Ltd have been fined a hefty £480,000….
A prominent HMO landlord company have received a substantial penalty for their negligence towards student tenants in Cardiff. Mulberry Real Estate and its director, David…
A landlord in Norfolk has been hit with total fines of £40,000, after it emerged that housing conditions placed tenants in considerable risk. Issues at…
Eight students have been successful in claiming a rent repayment order of over £22,000 for an unlicensed HMO they rented in Birmingham. The First-tier Tribunal…
Spanish national Pedro Reis Tenajas and his company, London Corporate Relocation Ltd, have been fined over £33,000 after Merton Council prosecuted them over HMO rental…
Where a landlord has sub-let property to another landlord, he or she is not liable for rent repayment orders made as the consequence of the…
When Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Services were called out to quench a blaze in Uxbridge Road, Wexham, they discovered the property, which on paper…
An HMO tenant renting a single room does not need to be given an individual Energy Performance Certificate at the commencement of his or her…
Poole landlord Mahmut Gilgil has received a five-year banning order preventing him from letting or managing housing in the UK. Gilgil, of 51 Blandford Road,…
A Coventry landlord had been ordered to pay back just under £11,000 in rent that she received while letting an HMO without a licence. The…
Landlords have asked Coventry City Council to defer introduction to an extension of its HMO licensing scheme due to come into effect on 4 May….
Part 1 – Setting things up right We are at the start of a new decade and many landlords are panicking. New regulations, lots of…
If you’re looking to let a property as student accommodation, then there are a few things to consider. It needs to be suitable for your…
There are some years which seem to be dominated by changes in landlord legislation and 2018 seems to be one of those years. Some of…