Managing company hit with £13,000 bill after breaching safety regulations on accommodation

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A Salford managing agent has been fined after a council inspection revealed serious safety breaches at a multi-occupancy rented property.

This included a failure to ensure adequate fire escape routes. Salford based Student-Haus Limited pleaded guilty at Tameside Magistrates’ Court following action taken by Salford City Council after an inspection at the House in Multiple Occupation where they were found to have failed critical safety regulations.

The company says it had already commissioned critical fire safety improvements before the council’s visit in November 2023, but regrets that necessary safety work had not been completed.

It has now ceased managing the property. In failing to comply with The Licensing and Management of HMO Regulations 2006 following an inspection in November 2023 carried out by Salford City Council, Student-Haus Limited has been ordered to pay a £6,600 fine, £4,500 in costs and a victim surcharge of £2,000. (Totalling £13,160).