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Landlord fined after running ‘firetrap’ HMO

Outside of the house in multiple occupation.
The HMO in the Epsom Downs area (Image courtesy of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council)

A Surrey landlord has been fined more than £31,000 after running a 21-room house in multiple occupation (HMO) which local authority officers described as a “firetrap”.

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council took Epsom Pars Limited to court after council officers repeatedly warned it against continued non-compliance to no avail.

The company was notified of the works it needed to undertake and the timescales to complete them, but it ignored the warnings.

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