Ealing HMO landlord fined £70k

Ealing landlord, Gunapalan Vamathevan has been handed fines totalling £70,000 for four unlicensed  Houses in Multiple Occupation.

Vamathevan failed to act on a number of improvement notices and prohibition orders issued by the council.

The four HMO's, 51 and 53 - 55 Old Oak Common Lane and 10 St Andrews Rd in Acton, W3, were subject to a total of  nine offences at Ealing Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 6 August.

Alongside the fines, Vamathevan is required to pay court costs of £5,395 and a victim surcharge of £120.

A grand sum of £75,215.

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