Landlord ordered to pay £4,800 for not keeping home in 'fit and proper state'

A private sector landlord was ordered to pay £4,800 by magistrates for failing to keep his property in a fit and proper state.

Cardiff City Council took legal action against Khizar Choudry, 72, from Penylan Road in Cardiff after visiting another property on the same road that was rented out to tenants.

Choudry pleaded guilty to 11 offences of breaching his licensed for a house of multiple occupation.

Cardiff Magistrates Court heard Choudry ignored his duty as a landlord and failed to ensure the property was inspected.

In mitigation, Choudry’s Barrister said the property had been held by him in trust for his children and had been transferred into their ownership in September 2015.

The property was no longer rented out and is being used as a family home.

The defendant had fully co-operated with the investigation and many of the offences he had simply been unaware of.

Choudry accepted that the property had deteriorated over a period of time and that he should have inspected it more regularly.

District Judge Bodfan Jenkins accepted that the defendant had no previous convictions and was no longer a landlord and there was no risk of further offending.

Khizar Choudry was fined a total of £1867.50 and ordered to pay £2938.00 in costs.