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A landlord who works a criminal law solicitor in London has been fined £3,500 and ordered to pay costs of £3,807 for failing to comply with a Formal Improvement Notice which tried to get her to bring shoddy bedsits up to standard.

The solicitor changed her plea during a trial at St Helens Magistrates' Court and eventually admitted the charge. The judge heard how the council became concerned about conditions at a house owned by the defendant and converted into six bedsits.

Over a four-year period council officers had attempted to work with the defendant to remedy a series of disrepair issues including lack of a fire alarm system, damp and excessive cold.

Yet even after serving two Minded To notices - aimed at gaining a reasonable working relationship with the landlord - the necessary repair work failed to take place and conditions grew worse.

The Formal Improvement Notice was served in January 2013 but by the time it expired - in May 2013 - the work had still not been completed.

Even though several extensions were agreed, a re-inspection in December 2013 revealed that little work had taken place and that conditions had deteriorated further.

Throughout the process - until November 2013 - tenants had continued to occupy the bedsits.

Comments

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    Oh dear.

    • 30 September 2014 10:17 AM
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    Name and shame, then...

    • 29 September 2014 10:34 AM
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    Has this thread been hacked

    Anyway my point is WHY does it take so long to resolve these issues I feel for the tenants.

    • 27 September 2014 05:18 AM
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    No surprise here, some of my tightest landlords are the ones that in theory should have the most money.

    • 26 September 2014 08:35 AM
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