HMO fines
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Regulation & Law
Landlord couple who recently split up fined over unlicensed HMO
Fraud-convicted landlords fined a total of £7,177 after fire brigade called to unlicensed Uxbridge HMO.
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Regulation & Law
New bin laws to hit landlords and letting agents with £5,000 fines
The Government’s Simpler Recycling rules come in next year and experts are warning agents and landlords that they need to be ready for changes or risk big fines.
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Regulation & Law
‘Skint’ London landlord hit with £11k rent repayment order
Hackney landlord tries to blame local council’s hacked IT for his failure to obtain an HMO licence for his rental property, to no avail.
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Regulation & Law
Restaurant owning landlord fined after cramming 13 into unlicensed HMO
A rogue Ashford landlord has been ordered to pay £12,500 after the Upper Tribunal has found 'wilful blindness' to risks facing tenants housed above his Indian restaurant.
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Rental market
Letting agencies fined £14,000 each in London on average
Hounslow has revealed the figure, promising to carry on its crackdown against rogue and errant landlords and letting agencies operating within the PRS.
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Regulation & Law
Specialist HMO lettings agency fined £66,500 for ‘unsafe’ house
AM PM Estates claimed it was keeping tabs on the property and completing repairs, but visits by council officers found a very different picture.
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Regulation & Law
Leading HMO landlord to pay £43,000 after serious planning breaches
A professional HMO landlord and his company have been fined by Wandsworth Council for serious planning regulation breaches.
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Regulation & Law
Big council hits HMO landlord couple with £18,000 fine
Landlords Colin and Susan Woodward have been given an £18,000 fine by Dagenham Council after they refused to stop using their property as an HMO.
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Regulation & Law
Property firm to repay £19,000 in rent over unlicensed HMO
Company prosecuted for failing to register house as an HMO with Camden Council.
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Regulation & Law
London lettings agency tries to dodge £25,000 fine ‘by going bust’
Haringey Council worked with Companies House to prevent a letting firms declaring insolvency to avoid an HMO-related penalty.
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