Nottingham lose £95k appeal against landlord

This article does not make it clear how many people were resident in the two rooms. On the face of it, if it was 1 person in each, the second room complies with the regulation and hence should not have been pursued it in the courts (6.89 available vs 6.51 required). It would have been more useful to highlight how this ruling can help other landlords understand where the legislation failed. Might have to 'google the ruling' now.

And all we are seeing with the current Licensing money, is they using the funds to paperwork nit pick faults with the Landlords that have come forward & paid.
Making us do an hours more admin for something that can take Licensing 20 seconds.

Where did that 1.53m height come from? Did the council invent it to favour their case?

At http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111167359/regulation/2 it says at rule (2)(1A)(9):
"(9) Any part of the floor area of a room in relation to which the height of the ceiling is less than 1.5 metres is not to be taken into account in determining the floor area of that room for the purposes of this paragraph."

So that would mean MORE of the floor area could be counted than the council was trying to do with 1.53m minimum height.

If the space was really tight on the 6.51m minimum, then varnished floorboards under the sloping ceiling would be better than thick shag pile carpets!

This highlights the sheer lunacy of this legislation, and the way it is being applied totally lacks commonsense, and just smacks of "jobsworths".

If the ceiling height is less than 1.5m the floor space is unusable!! Can the tenant no put a chest of drawers there? If they have a wardrobe does than not make the space it stands in unusable?

Idiots!!

Reply to the comment left by Gromit at 19/11/2018 - 11:45
They're only doing because they can (with our taxpayers' money) and when they lose change the rules so they don't lose in future. It's a racket!

I regret that modern life is all about catching people on administrative technicalities whilst letting the real criminals go unheeded.
In the middle of a housing crisis it makes little sense to take any accommodation off the market.

'Attic room with sloping roof' - 'thin end of the wedge' Tee hee. I'm easily amused.

Are there any more details as confusing. What was the objection to the larger room? And where did 1.53m come from? Should have been the legislated 1.5m, hence was that sufficient to make the smaller room compliant with the new room size minimum of 6.51m Sq? (mathematicians please advise!). How on earth did such a case get to court! Well done the landlord, who I am sure is sighing with great financial relief!! Proves, Nottingham landlords have big balls!

Common sense would tell that it is better to stuff someone under a slopping roof limiting floor space than to leave them sleeping rough in the cold, this country is no wonder going down the pan............We need more common sense and less bureaucratic red tape. I am sure the landlord didn't just spend thousands of pounds to stuff two students in his loft, and then that same council should not have approved plans if it did not meet minimum floor space standards.
Today I had an appointment with NHS Homerton Hospital, thought they were going to stuff a camera down my bladder to see whats going on inside, asked me to drink two pints of water and arrive 15min early for my appointment, only to poke his finger up my back side to feel my prostrate, that was done 2 months ago, why you would wonder NHS is also crying for more money, when there is so much wastage and unnecessary appointments, so now what was suppose to be done today is going to be done in December! How much do these consultants get paid....over £100K just to poker finger up someone's backside. I swear I could scream, I think it is time we landlords all sell our properties and go to Malta and join Mark.

Reply to the comment left by Mike at 19/11/2018 - 14:33
you'll still get 'poker finger' in Malta Mike.

the consultant being on say minimum wage wouldn't make make me feel any better about the procedure.