THE LANDLORD of a Slough HMO has been fined £55,000 after inspectors found a number of problems at his property.

Fahed Choudry was also forced to cough up more than £2,000 in court costs after the issues at the Arborfield Close home were unearthed.

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The issues discovered by inspecting officers included:

  • A bike was blocking the entrance to the house meaning fire escapes were not free from obstruction
  • The fire door did not open and close and appeared to be defective
  • The water supply and drainage systems were not in good working order
  • Not all of the house was in a state of clean, decorative repair
  • The ceiling lightbulb on both floors of the property was missing
  • The garden was unkempt and overgrown with items littered all over it
  • There was a hole in the wall behind a door, and the wall was dented, raising concerns about the building’s structural integrity
  • In a bedroom on the first floor, there was an exposed live wire on the ceiling with no bulb
  • An outside pane to a double-glazed window was smashed

In a hearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday, January 14, Choudry, of Homefield Road, Wembley, was convicted of ten counts of failing to comply with regulations in respect of the management of housing in multiple occupation and one count of managing a house in multiple occupation act without a licence.

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He was fined £5,000 for each conviction.

Alongside the £2,387.92 he was forced to pay in court costs, Choudry will have to fork out £57,577.92.

Choudry did not appear for his sentencing.