A landlord of a house in multiple occupation in Bath has been convicted of failing to comply with an improvement notice under S.30 of the Housing Act 2004.
The improvement notice previously served on Hei Ting Cheung specified battery fire alarms not working, no fire door to the kitchen and unsuitable door locks which could cause occupants to become trapped in the event of a fire.
He pleaded guilty and was fined £1,150 plus costs of £150 at Bath magistrates court on 25 October.
Councillor Tim Ball, cabinet member for housing and planning at Bath & North East Somerset Council, said:
“Landlords must ensure that their housing is in safe condition or feel the full force of the law. They must get their houses in order.
“A worrying trend with many of these cases is the use of deadlocks on fire doors by landlords which turn the house into a death trap. This must stop and we will take action against those who put their tenants in danger.”
