"Residents of a shared property in south-east London had to urinate in a bath or use the lavatories at a nearby furniture superstore for 58 days because their landlord did not fix a broken toilet, a tribunal has heard. The five tenants also had to put up with a faulty ventilation system that was so noisy it kept them awake at night and caused mould."
"They applied for rent repayment accusing the landlords of not holding the correct licence to run the Greenwich property and were given 5,300 back. The landlord accepted they were unlicensed and said it was due to the co-landlord's memory loss which they had experienced since suffering a "severe brain injury" in 2021. The landlord told the tribunal that she had lost a letter from Greenwich Council which outlined updates to the council's licensing policy, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported."
Five tenants in a south-east London shared property urinated in a bath or used lavatories at a nearby furniture superstore for 58 days after a broken toilet was not repaired. The tenants also endured a noisy, faulty ventilation system that kept them awake at night and caused mould. The tenants applied for rent repayment claiming the landlords lacked the correct Greenwich HMO licence and were awarded £5,300 back. The landlords accepted they were unlicensed and attributed this to a co-landlord's memory loss following a severe brain injury in 2021. The tribunal found the landlords had limited understanding of mandatory HMO licensing and noted the toilet repair responsibility was accepted but delayed for 58 days. A specialist found the ventilation system operating at 50 per cent efficiency.
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