Legal action by Camden Council has forced Mayfair Property Agencies Limited to pay back more than £34,000 received in rent, to eight tenants.
The order was made by the Residential Property Tribunal on 11 April. The agency had already been convicted at Highbury Magistrates Court on 3 February 2011, for failing to licence the five-bedroom property in Eversholt St, King’s Cross, as a house in multiple occupation.
The Prosecution was taken under the Housing Act 2004, section 72. The Rent Repayment Order was made under the Housing Act 2004, section 73(5).
The eight tenants who lived there successfully claimed back a total of £34, 347.81 of rent which they had paid to their landlord, Mayfair Properties Agencies Limited and their managing agents, Network Agencies Limited. Each company was also fined £10,000 plus Camden Council’s legal costs.
Councillor Sue Vincent, Cabinet member for Environment and Deputy Leader, said:
‘I hope this acts as a warning to other landlords who fail to licence their properties.
‘Licences are issued to keep tenants safe in their homes and Camden will always crack down on landlords who don’t comply with the law.’
The RPT Decision is available here.
