A landlord has been found guilty of illegally letting two ‘party flats’ after neighbours complained about excessive noise.
Greater Manchester has revealed a big increase in rogue landlord fines as part of its tough crackdown on the private rental sector.
An suburban area of outer London has been revealed as the areas where landlords are most likely to be fined for rule breaches or face a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) secured by tenants.
Landlords in County Durham have had to fork out fines totalling £1.38 million in the three years since selective licensing was introduced.
After pursuing a £30,000 fine against one landord, his local council has vowed to go for other non-complilant BTL operators.
A rogue landlord who squeezed six people into one room of his HMO has been told to pay £37,000 in fines and costs.
A landlord caught out for having an unlicensed property has managed to get her fine slashed after a First Tier Property Tribunal heard that the tenants owed more than £17,000 in rent.
