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BTL landlord ordered to pay £1,600 for leaving tenants in ‘cold and scruffy’ flat

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham has been ordered to pay just over £1,600 for allowing five tenants to live in what has been described as a ‘cold and scruffy’ flat on Mansfield Road, NG1, which was in defiance of a council order.

Aside from a lack of heating, the tenants were also provided with an under-sized bathroom, missing stair rails and a leaking roof that allowed rain to enter the property.

Ashok Bharadwaj, 69, was handed a £1,606 bill after city magistrates heard that he defied a prohibition notice issued by Nottingham City Council that banned him from allowing people to stay in the property there until repairs were undertaken.

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This was imposed in October 2017 but tenants were found to be there almost a year later with the building still in the same state.

Bharadwaj claimed he had been helping the homeless.

However, Sarah Mills, prosecuting, told the court: "Whether someone is in need of shelter, it is unsafe and that is why it is prohibited."

She added: “There were hazards for amenities for personal hygiene, sanitation and drainage and an under-sized bathroom on the second floor.

“Remedial works had not been completed. The central heating had not been connected to the gas and the bathroom had not been re-sited or extended.”

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