Banning order for bristol landlord

Banning order for Bristol rogue landlord

Four-year letting sanction after housing offences

A Bristol landlord who was found guilty of renting out property that could cause a ‘ serious risk to life’ has been banned from letting houses for four years.

Last year Deepak Singh Sashdeva, was found guilty of five offences relating to the failure to manage a house in multiple occupation in Avonmouth Road, Avonmouth. He was fined £87,000, after inspectors found some of the worst living conditions they had ever seen.

Council environmental health officers found three people, including two young children, sleeping in cupboards in the eaves of the roof. Officers also noted that nine people, including two children and a pregnant woman, were housed in the two tiny different living spaces.

Bristol City Council successfully applied for a banning order, which will also prevent Mr Sachdeva from carrying out any property management work.

Council officers visited the accommodation in Avonmouth again in January 2021 to check on conditions and found someone sleeping in one room of the property, in contravention of a Prohibition Order under the Housing Act 2004 that makes it illegal for people to live in the unsafe accommodation.

When asked about the property Mr Sachdeva said he was in the process of selling the lease, but to date had failed to provide any proof that this was the case. 26 In making the banning order, Judge J Dobson said: “The Tribunal concludes on the facts found that the respondent was a rogue landlord who had failed by a large margin to meet his legal obligations and who had exploited the occupiers by providing substandard and dangerous accommodation.”

Cllr Helen Godwin, Cabinet Member for Women, Children and Homes, said: “Bristol City Council works hard to protect people renting property in Bristol against rogue landlords and property agents. We will use all the powers available to us to stop people who flout the law from renting properties illegally.”

Mr Sachdeva did not attend the Tribunal hearing on 22 February and has not provided information about any other properties he may let out or any letting agencies he is involved in.

He will be added to the Government’s Rogue Landlord Database. If he breaches the Banning Order he could be prosecuted and the penalty if found guilty includes imprisonment.

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