Fire in attic of one property led local council officers to inspect the property and discover it lacked working smoke alarms, fire doors or safety notices.

In mitigation, Sanaur Rahman has claimed local letting agents wouldn't manage the property on his behalf and that he in poor health.

Councils will have to be more careful how they introduce borough-wide additional licensing schemes following a legal challenge by Safeagent and the RLA over a scheme in Hounslow.

Bolton firm Miller Metcalfe Estate Agents Ltd must also pay £1,616 in costs and a victim surcharge after fire safety features were found missing at town centre property.

The Negotiator asks Spotahome's UK and Ireland General Manager to give his view after his platform was found to have listed an unregistered HMO apartment.

Agency based in North London which operated two properties in Hertfordshire admits 18 offences.

Muhammad Siddique's fine follows an investigation supported by estate agency Open House, which he continued to claim he was a franchisee for despite being fired several years ago.

As new HMO rules affect 100,000 homes, Richard Lambert, CEO of the NLA, says, “This is an unacceptable failing on the part of the MHCLG, which should have ensured all local authorities…

Read how a London property firm that operated an unlicensed HMO 'house of horror's on the Finchley Road is to pay back rent totalling £60,000.

As The Negotiator hits your desks, says lettings guru Frances Burkinshaw, major changes will come into force for the residential lettings industry.