A landlord has been ordered to pay £42,000 for keeping his properties in a dangerous condition (Photos Below).
Mohammed Javaid, of Winchester Road in Hale, pleaded guilty to 20 offences at a hearing in Manchester Magistrates’ Court on July 6, after being prosecuted by both Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
He was fined £33,750 and ordered to pay £8,500 court costs on Wednesday July 20.
City Council officers visited the flats, in Apollo Lodge on Hyde Road, Ardwick, last August, and found problems including dangerous electrical wiring, a missing fire door and cables dangling from the ceiling where smoke alarms should have been.
Officers arranged to visit later so they could be let inside each of the flats, and found other problems including missing spindles on banisters – meaning there were gaps large enough for a person to fall through down to the floor below – broken windows and no working heating system in the properties.
Javaid had only provided small portable electric heaters that tenants had to rely on through last winter’s cold snap.
There were no working lights in the basement and a tenant said she had to regularly visit the cellar, walking past live electric cables at shoulder height, to flick fuses back on.
There was also an exposed hole in the unlit back yard leading to a 2mtr drop into the basement.
The property was in such a bad condition that the City Council served an emergency prohibition order after the first inspection.
This meant Javaid had to close the premises immediately and arrange new accommodation for his tenants. However, the City Council’s housing benefit unit produced evidence to show that instead of doing this, he kept the flats open and even moved more tenants into them.
The City Council also served notices insisting Javaid carry out improvements to each of the properties, but he still has not carried out much of this work.
Councillor Paul Andrews, Manchester City Council’s executive member for neighbourhood services, said: “Javaid was happy to live in the lap of luxury among footballers in Hale while his tenants had to put up with these appalling and dangerous conditions.
“No Manchester residents should have to live in properties like this, and we will not tolerate private landlords who behave as if the law does not apply to them. The size of this fine should serve as a warning to others and demonstrate how seriously we take offences which endanger our residents.”
Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Authority Councillor Fred Walker said: “We welcome the clear message from the courts that action will be taken against those businesses that neglect fire safety and thereby risk the safety of the public. The Fire Authority is focused on helping businesses operate safely and taking action when they don’t.”
Mohammed Javaid, of Winchester Road in Hale, pleaded guilty to 20 offences at a hearing in Manchester Magistrates’ Court on July 6, after being prosecuted by both Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
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City Council officers visited the flats, in Apollo Lodge on Hyde Road, Ardwick, last August, and found problems including dangerous electrical wiring, a missing fire door and cables dangling from the ceiling where smoke alarms should have been.
Officers arranged to visit later so they could be let inside each of the flats, and found other problems including missing spindles on banisters – meaning there were gaps large enough for a person to fall through down to the floor below – broken windows and no working heating system in the properties.
Javaid had only provided small portable electric heaters that tenants had to rely on through last winter’s cold snap.
There were no working lights in the basement and a tenant said she had to regularly visit the cellar, walking past live electric cables at shoulder height, to flick fuses back on.
There was also an exposed hole in the unlit back yard leading to a 2mtr drop into the basement.
The property was in such a bad condition that the City Council served an emergency prohibition order after the first inspection.
This meant Javaid had to close the premises immediately and arrange new accommodation for his tenants. However, the City Council’s housing benefit unit produced evidence to show that instead of doing this, he kept the flats open and even moved more tenants into them.
The City Council also served notices insisting Javaid carry out improvements to each of the properties, but he still has not carried out much of this work.
Councillor Paul Andrews, Manchester City Council’s executive member for neighbourhood services, said: “Javaid was happy to live in the lap of luxury among footballers in Hale while his tenants had to put up with these appalling and dangerous conditions.
“No Manchester residents should have to live in properties like this, and we will not tolerate private landlords who behave as if the law does not apply to them. The size of this fine should serve as a warning to others and demonstrate how seriously we take offences which endanger our residents.”
Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Authority Councillor Fred Walker said: “We welcome the clear message from the courts that action will be taken against those businesses that neglect fire safety and thereby risk the safety of the public. The Fire Authority is focused on helping businesses operate safely and taking action when they don’t.”
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