A landlord who showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, has been struck off.
The tenant had advised inspectors that she continued “to use the boiler” and had “signed a disclaimer letter”, as she “had no other means of heating or hot water”. The case was taken to the housing and property chamber of the first-tier tribunal for Scotland. The chamber ruled in July 2019 that the landlord had failed to comply with a repairing standard enforcement order made in December 2018.The chamber’s decision stated: “The overwhelming evidence was that the landlord simply failed to engage with the tenant at any level in relation to the condition of the property.
All tenants were also contacted with one raising “concerns about the windows not being wind or watertight”.