A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a £170 victim surcharge after pleading guilty to five offences, including fire safety irregularities, in relation to a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he owns in Charles Street, Northampton, NN1.
The charges brought against the landlord, Nazrul Islam, by Northampton Borough Council, included failure to comply without reasonable excuse to two licence conditions, two management regulations breaches, and works detailed on an Improvement Notice.
The court heard that Islam breached management regulations which left his tenants at risk of not being able to safely escape from the property in the event of a fire, while he also failed to comply with an Improvement Notice served on 8 September 2016, which required him to make alterations to the layout of the property to ensure that the occupants were properly protected in the event of a fire.
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Landlords like him tar all good landlords and should be put out of business for good!
read the charges--exposed brickwork? wtf
untidy rear garden--again so what
electricity in good nick at all times? how do you do that? even if you have a certificate it is only valid on the day it is issued
basically councils are abusing private sector landlords for their own political ends--remember social housing is exempt
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