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25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...
20 June 2019
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Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
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A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...
17 August 2017
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A man who illegally housed tenants inside his converted garage has been ordered to pay £173,141 by a court. Amir Golesorkhi turned...
01 August 2017
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A landlord has been fined £7,000 for letting two properties which were unfit for habitation. Shahzad Mehmood was prosecuted at Swindon Magistrates'...
26 September 2016
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A millionaire landlord who built an illegal outbuilding at his home has been forced to demolish it after pressure from his...
10 August 2016
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A raid on a house has uncovered appalling conditions including a Slumdog Millionaire-style shanty town shack made from wood offcuts, pallets...
29 July 2016
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An unauthorised outhouse with a concealed entrance constructed at the back of a residential property in west London - one of...
21 March 2016
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The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...
27 January 2016
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New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...
12 November 2015
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Two unauthorised outbuildings occupied by five adults and a child have been demolished by a London council after a landlord failed...