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Landlord fined for leaving tenants exposed to housing hazards - 01/06/2012
A landlord who failed to bring a privately rented Hull property in line with safety standards has been fined £1,000 plus council costs of £450 and a victim surcharge of £15.

Mr Stephen Perrons, landlord of Flat A, 191 Coltman Street, Hull, did not attend Hull Magistrates' Court on 30 March 2012. He was therefore convicted in his absence of the offence of failing to comply with an Improvement Notice under section 30(1) of the Housing Act 2004.

Hull City Council's Private Housing Environmental Health Department inspected the flat, after it received complaints about its condition and found a number of issues, including electrical faults, inadequate fire precautions including an inoperative fire alarm system and disrepair to fire doors, lack of lighting to the building's internal communal escape route and disrepair to window frames.

After attempts to gain informal agreement for the works to be carried out failed, Mr Stephen Perrons was issued with an Improvement Notice by Hull City Council which required him to carry out the repairs. During a repeat inspection Council Officers found however that none of the works had been completed.

The Council subsequently arranged for over £2,000 of improvement works to be completed for which Mr Stephen Perrons will be charged.

Laura Carr, Head of Physical Regeneration at Hull City Council, said:
"We have a duty to protect private sector tenants and this proves that we take our role seriously. Legal action and completing improvement works in default of a non-compliant landlord is always a last resort. Throughout this case we tried to work with the landlord and local letting agent to reach a satisfactory conclusion but the work remained uncompleted, which is why we had no choice but to take this enforcement action."




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