Landlord who crammed 15 tenants into three-bed house ordered to pay £430k

Landlord who crammed 15 tenants into three-bed house ordered to pay £430k

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A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than £430,000.

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Gurdeep Kaur, 47, was handed the confiscation order after she converted her house in Hillingdon without planning consent.

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Tenants lived in cramped conditions with at least one tenant living in an outbuilding at the property in First Avenue, UB10. 

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The decision by immigration officers and council planning enforcement staff to raid the property followed a two-year investigation. 

At Isleworth crown court, Kaur was ordered to pay £406,712 and a £20,000 fine for the planning offence.

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In addition, the council was awarded more than £4,000 in prosecution costs.

 

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