{"id":10746,"date":"2014-11-12T12:07:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=10746"},"modified":"2015-09-15T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T09:14:19","slug":"neglect-tenants-at-your-peril-landlord-fined-30k-after-leaving-tenants-with-no-heat-for-four-weeks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=10746","title":{"rendered":"Neglect tenants at your peril – Landlord fined \u00c2\u00a330k after leaving tenants with no heat for four weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rogue landlord with property on Talgarth Road, Hammersmith<\/a> has been fined more than \u00c2\u00a330,000 to reflect the serious “physical and mental hardship” endured by five tenants under his duty of care.<\/h3>\n

The five tenants, all architectural students, repeatedly pleaded with the landlord to fix the boiler and repair a shared toilet which was leaking waste into the property. Mr Cooper’s decision to ignore these pleases led the tenants to complaining to Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council’s private housing and health service, who looked in to the matter early this year.<\/p>\n

Judging that the tenants were at ‘risk of immediate harm’, the council arranged for a new boiler to be installed and the toilet to be fixed – bringing to an end a four week period of hell for the tenants, who had suffered without heating or hot water in the depths of winter.<\/p>\n

The following action against Mr Cooper, brought by the Council under the Housing Act, took place at Hammersmith Magistrates’ court. The Council’s lawyer was keen to reflect the physical and mental hardship suffered by the tenants in a hefty fine.<\/p>\n

He got his wish, the Magistrates eventually settling on:<\/p>\n