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The way we rent. At the beginning of the first lockdown most students had to pay rent for their unoccupied flats in London. Although the vaccine roll-out has provided us with some assurance of a return to normalcy, students are now keener than ever to plan in advance their tenancy in London.

Following a hearing on March 3, the tribunal decided to issue an immediate Banning Order.  The order, which is subject to appeal, bans Stoddern from letting houses, letting agency work or property management work in England. The latest offences came to the attention of the Council’s Private Sector Housing Team during the first national lockdown due to concerns that the house risked increasing community Covid transmission. Stuart Kenney, from the team, said: “Prosecution, including...

By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex The councils licensing team visited the properties before the cases were sent to court. Photos: WFC Two landlords have been slapped with fines totalling £135,000 for failing to maintain and licence privately rented homes. The landlords were lampooned by a judge for failing to provide basic safety measures...

 of Windsor and Maidenhead and Slough Borough Council. In this week’s edition, a former bank will be transformed into a bar/restaurant, planning officers have blocked plans to convert a shop into studio apartments, and a new community hub will go to councillors for decision. Change of use from retail to six studio apartments and associated operational development at Best-one, 3A Altwood Road, Maidenhead (20/03255/CLASSM). Royal Borough planning officers refused plans to convert the vac...

Two years ago, Elliott Hines had a problem -he could not afford to live in London.  The most basic flat cost £1,200 a month to rent, which meant Id have to share, says Elliott, 35, a visitor from Chicago who had found a post as a religious education teacher. And sharing meant one small bedroom and no living room. Property guardianship is an arrangement whereby individuals are granted accommodation at about a third of the market rate in return for keeping the place in good condition Luckily fo...

Shocking images reveal life inside a squalid Westcliff flat - which led to the owner getting a £100,000 fine in court. Babatunde Arise, 54 who owns 40 Satanita Road in Westcliff and letting agent Bromwell UK Ltd were slapped with fines of £109,000 after Southend Council investigated and found a vast number of faults and failings. Images reveal broken doors and windows, unsafe electric works, various damp areas and other issues deemed dangerous by council bosses. Arise was found guilt...

Shocking images reveal life inside a squalid Westcliff flat - which lead to the owner getting a £100,000 fine in court.

PLANS to turn a detached home in a Brierley Hill street into a HMO to help rough sleepers get back on their feet have been approved.

The property had multiple safety breaches A LANDLORD has been slapped with a £66,000 fine over serious safety breaches including plug sockets next to the shower, and repairs that risked residents being trapped in a fire. In a record attempt by Reading Borough Council (RBC) to clamp down on landlords of HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupation) failing to reach required standards, it is hoped that last months prosecution will serve as a message to others. Mohammed Naseer Zamir, 41, had failed ...

Controversial Nottingham City Council scheme could increase rent for thousands Landlords set to pass on the cost of councils licensing scheme to their tenants 04:00, 11 JAN 2021 Updated There is a large number of HMOs in Lenton (Image: Nottingham Post/Marie Wilson) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslet...