Housing: Big bill for illegally converted house
A man who converted his house into two flats without planning permission before renting them out for £1,500 per month has been ordered to pay £35,225.
A man who converted his house into two flats without planning permission before renting them out for £1,500 per month has been ordered to pay £35,225.
A landlord has been fined over £2450 for failing to maintain his licensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
William Edwards was prosecuted after Oxford City Council officers found that the property he was renting out in Dene Road was in a poor state of repair.
Failing to apply for a licence to operate a privately rented house in multiple occupation has cost a Weston-super-Mare landlord hundreds of pounds in fines and costs.
This case relates to an Appeal against an Improvement Notice issued by London Borough of Haringey. The appeal concerned notices which related to excess cold hazards.