A landlord has been issued with important positive after illegally turning six flats into 11 separate houses.
Mohammed Abdul Kowsor Choudhury, from Cyncoed, and his firm, Pine Greatest Ltd, have been fined a complete of £54,000, and ordered to pay an additional £10,000 in prices, when the case was heard at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court docket.
The rented property is a 3 storey Victorian property with planning consent for six self-contained flats – not the overall of 11 self-contained flats discovered on the property. Rents for every flat have been round £600 a month.
Prosecutions regarding this property date again to March 2018 when officers from Shared Regulatory Providers visited and found 11 flats.
An emergency prohibition order was made for every flat as a result of extraordinarily poor fireplace security precautions, which meant that the properties may not be occupied as they have been deemed to be unsafe.
In 2019, South Wales Hearth & Rescue Service prosecuted Choudhury for failure to adjust to an enforcement discover to hold out important work on the flats. He was fined £50,000, ordered to pay £10,000 in prices, and was given a suspended jail sentence.
In October 2022, studies have been obtained that the flats have been being rented out once more and the works required by the emergency prohibition orders had not been carried out.
An extra investigation was launched adopted by a number of hearings in court docket.
Lastly Choudhury and his firm pleaded responsible to all of the offences in July 2024 and the case was heard at Cardiff Magistrates’, the place district decide Christopher James described Choudhury as “flagrantly and intentionally ignoring laws and authorized requirement in relation to those properties”.
Cllr Lynda Thorne, Cardiff Council cupboard member for housing and communities, mentioned: “This property has been a major concern for a few years now and hopefully Mr Choudhury now understands what he has to do to make sure that he can lease his property out legally in step with all laws required.
“The vast majority of non-public sector landlords present an excellent service to their tenants however sadly there are some that don’t have any regard in any respect.
“Sadly it’s landlords like Mr Choudhury who, because the decide mentioned, flagrantly ignore laws and produce the sector into disrepute.”
