A landlord has been ordered to pay a £12,000 fine and £1,000 costs after his property in London was found to be breaching fire safety regulations. Following complaints from neighbours regarding the living conditions of the property, an inspection was carried out by the environmental health officer. The property, which was a house in multiple […]
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Landlord Breaches Fire Safety Regulations and Charged with over £37,000
A landlord has recently been charged with a large fine for guilty charges of several landlord breaches. A residential property, holding ten, self-contained flats in the Billesley area of the West Midlands was subject to various landlord breaches. Inspectors found the living situations the worst they had seen for the past 10 years, which also […]
Hostel Fire Leaves Homeless in a Dilemma
A £2million hostel was subject to fire, smoke and water damage after an incident which occurred on February 14th. The blaze occurred last month at the Leonard Stocks Centre on Factory Row, Devon. The hostel fire began at around 8:30 pm, resulting in uncertainty for homeless residents, who subsequently had to be rehomed. Around 40 hostel […]
London Landlord Jailed and Fined for Repeated Fire Safety Breaches
On 15 December a London Landlord was sentenced to jail and fined for wanton negligence after renting an uninhabitable property. The Essex, London landlord, Mr Manmohan Sahib, 60, pleaded guilty to three offences regarding his property on High road. Fire and safety breaches were knowingly made by Mr Sahib when he allowed people to reside […]
Is Your Landlord Compliant – A Fire Safety Guide For Tenants
What to expect from your landlord: Your landlord has the responsibility of keeping you, the tenant, safe from fires. There are certain guidelines they must follow in order to comply with the fire safety order. In order to ascertain the type and extent of fire protection and firefighting equipment they should have carried out a […]
