A Property Tribunal has ordered a landlord to repay rent for failing to license a flat after a letting agent gave the wrong advice.
Saint Property Services, based in Nottingham, told the landlord their two-bedroom flat (pictured) in the Netherfield area of the city wasn’t in an area of ‘selective licensing’ under the Housing Act 2004.
But this advice turned out to be mistaken and the landlord failed to obtain the required licence. The flat was located in an area covered by Gedling Borough Council and not Nottingham City Council, as Saint had advised.
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