A letting agent and legislation agency will take Leicester Metropolis Council to courtroom for charging buy-to-let landlords onerous licensing charges of £1,290 per property.
Leicester’s greatest letting agent Martin & Co, in partnership with legislation agency JMP Solicitors, will launch the authorized motion in mid-July, The Telegraph studies.
Jason Good of JMP Solicitors stated: “We don’t settle for that the fees being rendered are honest and affordable. They’re penal, sporadic and inconsistent.”
Presently round 60 landlords have joined the trigger, although Good predicted that quantity to succeed in 100 by the tip of the month.
The £1,290 cost is seen as excessive each in comparison with different components of the UK, in addition to contemplating Leicester’s rental costs, which stand at a month-to-month common of £989 monthly.
Landlord licensing schemes are generally used to fund inspections, enforcement motion, and councils argue they increase the standard of rental inventory in a given space.
In December the brand new Labour authorities enabled native authorities to introduce schemes protecting bigger areas without having approval from the Secretary of State.
