Tag: Fire Safety
Rich List Builder Fined for ‘Death Trap’ Student Halls
Builders who took safety shortcuts in a purpose-built private student hall of residence were ordered to pay more than £14,000 in fines...
Landlord pays £40,000 for letting death trap flats
A landlord who lived a lavish millionaire lifestyle and drove a Mercedes, has to pay £40,000 for renting out death trap flats even...
Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council
Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation licensing...
Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode
Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court heard.
Faulty wiring was...
3 Dangerous Types of Tenant – Part 2: Illegal Suble...
Over the last couple of years, the problem of unauthorised subletting has been growing. From last year alone, our instructions relating...
Buy to let landlord refitted dangerous gas supply
Tenants’ lives were at risk when gas was reconnected to dangerous fittings after a safety engineer cut off the supply
The landlord...
Fines for landlords who ignored fire safety
A landlord who ignored council orders to improve his property was fined £2,000 for putting their lives at risk.
He repeatedly breached...