Feb 5, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine, Improvement Notice
05 Feb 2021 The Court of Appeal has rejected a company director’s appeal over penalties amounting to £99,000 imposed by the Upper Tribunal for breaches of regulations covering houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), and non-compliance with enforcement notices. The...Nov 20, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Improvement Notice, Tribunal - FTT
20 Nov 2020 A £4,550 fine, one of several imposed by the council, has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five civil penalty notices on the landlord totalling £8852 earlier this year for failing...Nov 4, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Improvement Notice
04 Nov 2020 PRIVATE landlords who fail to stick to regulations and treat tenants unfairly can expect a tougher approach from Dorset Council. Senior council officers told a committee this week that they now had the backing, and funding, to adopt a tougher stance where...Mar 26, 2020 | Civil Penalty, HHSRS, Improvement Notice, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Not Fit and Proper, Rent Repayment Order, Rogue Landlords
A new case just in. A new slant on property investment: Here we have a landlord with a 6 Bed HMO in the Northern Home Counties. This case is a cookie-cutter duplicate based on a pattern we are seeing on a week in, week out, basis. It starts with a Council...Mar 2, 2020 | Court Fine, Improvement Notice
02 Mar 2020 A buy-to-let landlord in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost £9.500 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for his tenant. John William Kildare was found guilty of failing to comply with an Improvement Notice after allowing his tenant...Jan 24, 2020 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine, Improvement Notice, Licensing
22 Jan 2020 An investigation was launched this morning into the safety of residents in 10 rented properties operating without landlord licences. Officers from Slough Borough Council knocked on the doors of the 10 properties simultaneously at 5am to examine the living...
