Two landlords in Dagenham are paying prices and fines totalling greater than £60,000 after being prosecuted for a number of housing offences.
Mr John Renvoize and Mr Dedar Shah, homeowners of a seven-bed property positioned at 2 Third Avenue, Dagenham, have been ordered to pay the fines following a court docket case at Romford Magistrate Court, on Friday, March 19.
Following an inspection of the property in January 2018, Mr Renvoize was served with an Improvement Notice after officers recognized a number of hazards akin to fireplace and electrical questions of safety.
There have been additionally considerations with the place and situation of cookers in the kitchen and the potential of structural harm, attributable to a free wall on the entrance of the property – which he ignored.
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Eyebrows have been additionally raised by the unsecured again door, which may encourage intruders, in addition to home hygiene points and pests.
As this was ignored, Mr Renvoize was fined £23,400.
Following this, each Mr Renvoize and Mr Shah have been summoned to court docket and have been discovered responsible of:
• Breaching Housing Management rules, which resulted in fines of £3,500 and £500
• failing to adjust to an Improvement Notice – fines of £5,000 and £2,000
• failing to licence a House in Multiple Occupation – fines equalled £6,800 and £2,800
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Councillor Margaret Mullane, cupboard member for Enforcement and Community Safety, stated: “To be a landlord and supply housing for different individuals is one thing that you need to take delight in and wish to guarantee that the tenants dwell in good situations.
“These two landlords have failed to take action, and have really put their tenants in hazard and now need to pay an enormous sum of money in fines.
“I would love this to ship a warning to different landlords, in the event you’re not following the foundations, we’ll discover you and take motion.”
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During the trial, the decide additionally imposed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) on Mr Renvoize, solely the second to be imposed on a rogue landlord in London.
Mr Renvoize should notify the council inside 28 days from when the CBO was issued on March 19 of any residential properties he owns inside the borough.
In complete, the 2 landlords should pay £61,057.05 in fines, prices and sufferer surcharge.
