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85 Tudor Street

A landlord and letting agent have been ordered to pay a total of £41,400 for renting out a cockroach-infested property in Cardiff.

Mohammed Ahad Ali, the freeholder of 85 Tudor Street, Riverside, admitted six offences in a hearing at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court and was fined £5,400, ordered to pay £750 in costs, and a £2,000 victim surcharge.

Agent Lukayan Property Rentals Ltd, which failed to attend court, was convicted of 12 offences and fined £36,000, with £3,000 costs and a £2,000 victim surcharge.

The case came to light when a tenant complained that cockroaches had infested the property, a three-storey Victorian building with flats above a commercial unit. A council inspection in March 2024 also revealed multiple hazards including a defective fire alarm and incomplete fire doors, unsafe escape routes and inadequate kitchen facilities, penetrating damp, defective windows, and poor electrical installations. The gas and electricity meters were also unprotected.

Prosectued

Lukayan Property Rentals had previously been prosecuted in March for similar offences at another property in Cardiff and was then fined £27,000.

The court was told that alternative agents have since been appointed for the Tudor Street property and that all necessary works were now complete.

Seriously

Councillor Lynda Thorne, cabinet member for housing and communities at Cardiff Council, says: “We take housing safety very seriously and act on any intelligence received from tenants or the public on irresponsible landlords and agents who fail to meet legal standards.

“This property was in a very bad state of repair, with a cockroach infestation, penetrating damp throughout, and defective fire alarms. These matters cause a danger to tenants and thankfully, all the defects have now been rectified.”

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