Landlord bogged down with fine

Worthing landlord, Daniel Woulfe has been ordered to pay a £2,700 fine,  a victim surcharge of £120 and council’s costs of £1,194 after failing to fix the toilet at his rental property on Belsize Road.

Worthing Borough Council issued an Improvement Notice on the rental property after tenants had alerted them to its poor state of repair.

The property suffered from  - damp, poor heating and questionable fire safety,  alongside these 'usual suspects', the toilet didn't even work.

Daniel Woulfe pleaded guilty at Chichester Magistrates’ Court on October 2  to failing to comply with the improvement notice.

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