£23,000 fine for Hertfordshire fire safety breach landlords

Two Landlords from Hertfordshire have been fined a total of £23,000 for breaching fire safety regulations.

Fiaz Mahmmud and Audrey Feegrado were found guilty of five breaches of the Housing (Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Regulations 2006. Both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The pair were found guilty of failing to provide an adequate means of escape or sufficient smoke alarms. They had also failed to ensure an adequate fire risk assessment had been carried out on the property.

Council chief executive Michel Saminaden said: “I’m very pleased with the result.  It lays the foundation for a number of future projects that the council is working on to improve the quality of private sector housing within the borough. These severe fire safety breaches of the Housing (Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Regulations 2006 could have resulted in fatalities.”

Information on current HMO regulations can be found here.