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A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...
16 February 2021
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London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
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A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...
18 February 2020
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A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...
23 April 2019
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A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...
19 September 2018
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This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...
23 May 2018
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A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already...
22 December 2017
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The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
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The first London boroughs are now rolling out the Greater London Authority’s ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker’ - allowing tenants to...
20 December 2017
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A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...
26 September 2017
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ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...
22 August 2017
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A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
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The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...