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Airbnb & Breach of Leases

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In the last few years, many leaseholders have been in breach of their leases by renting their properties inside the Curnock Street Estate for a few days at a time. As you can see from the article below, this is not allowed in council properties:

Airbnb Lettings are not allowed on council properties

 

How does this behaviour affect the residents?

There are many reasons why the daily rental of flats is unsuitable for social housing estates. There is the legal part and the community impact (noise, Health & Safety, etc).

  • Multiple breaches of the leases
    • Short-let (section 3.16). Lewi Neda’s solicitors confirmed that flats cannot be used for commercial purposes, such as a hotel.
    • Deeds of Covenants (Section 3.24′) Short-lets are not signing the deeds, which is a breach of the lease. The warning for leaseholders is shown in the Camden Account.
    • HMO – More people staying in properties than the number specified on the HMOs
    • Unauthorized alterations (section 3.14 ) – Some of those properties have unauthorised alterations which are in breach of the lease
    • Noise nuisance (Section 3.18),
    • Fire Risks (Section 3.13), lack of Health and safety, etc
    • Fake profiles and names as hosts
    • There has been a compromise on the building insurance, which is for residential purposes only and not for commercial or business use. An investigation is in progress with Arthur J Gallanger.
    • Lack of consistency in the council’s services and responses (Ref: planning and other departments)

 

As of today, we will name those properties and their landlords so you can put more pressure on the council to take action:

SUMMARY OF PROPERTIES (full details below):

FULL EVIDENCE:

  1. Flat 17 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
  2. Flat 16 Trimdon, Plender Street, London NW1 0HA
  3. Flat 22 Barnbrough, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
  4. Flat 27 Mexbrough, Pratt Street, London NW1 0BL
  5. Flat 25 Goldthorpe, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
  6. Flat 20 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
  7. Flat 5 Ravenscar, Bayham Street, London NW1 0BS

STILL INVESTIGATING:

  1. Flat 13 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB (still investigating)
  2. Flat 14 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB (still investigating)
  3. Ground Floor Flat in Trimdon, Plender Street, London NW1 0HA (still investigating)

HISTORIC:

  1. Flat 7 Mexbrough, Pratt Street, London NW1 0BL (Historic)
  2. Flat 1 Mexbrough, Pratt Street, London NW1 0BL (Historic)
  3. Flat 33 Goldthorpe, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB (Historic)

 

DETAILS ABOUT EACH PROPERTY:

PROPERTY ONE:

PROPERTY TWO:

PROPERTY THREE:

  • Address: Flat 22 in Barnbrough, Camden St, London NW1 0HL
  • Landlord: Derek Joseph Zierhofer
  • Host: Marcelo Vieira
  • Screenshot (Listing 1 – Booking.com): August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 2 – Booking.com): August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 3 – TripAdvisor): August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 4 – Airbnb): June 2020
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: NGL703192 – Proprietor: TSB BANK PLC (Scot. Co. Regn. No. SC095237) of Mortgages, P.O. Box 2230, Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucester GL3 9ED
    • Bought on:  17th September 2015
    • Reported on: 14th July 2020, 12th June 2021, 23 August 2021, 09th August 2024
    • Complaints: Ref no. 37269 (02-06-2021), Ref no. 37485 (10-06-2021)
    • More evidence: Breach of the government’s lockdown rules since they rented the property in January, February and March 2021!!
    • Fire Risk: Photo of their patio and their fire heater
    • Observations: Many parties and noise complaints in the past. Nature of business (SIC) 98000 – Residents property management

PROPERTY FOUR:

  • Address: Flat 27 Mexborough, Pratt St. London NW1 0BL
  • Landlord: EYASSU TESFAI TEKLEZGI
  • Host: No name on the listing
  • Screenshot (Booking.com): August 2024
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: NGL836866 – Proprietor: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC (Scot. Co. Regn. No. SC327000) of Halifax Division, 1 Lovell Park Road, Leeds LS1 1NS
    • Reported on: 09th August 2024
    • Front of Property: 
    • Observations:

PROPERTY FIVE:

PROPERTY SIX:

  • Address: Flat 20 Hickleton, Camden St., London NW1 0HB
  • Landlord: Flavia Olinda Dworkin of xx Barrow Hall Farm, Little Wakering, Southend-On-Sea SS3 0QS
  • Host: Adam
  • Screenshot (Listing 1 –Booking.com): August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 2 – Airbnb): August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 3 – Top Hotels London):  August 2024
  • Screenshot (Listing 4 – Skyscanner): August 2024
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: NGL697922 – Proprietor: BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC (Scot. Co. Regn. No. SC327000) of Birmingham Midshires Division, Pendeford Business Park, Wobaston Road, Wolverhampton WV9 5HZ
    • Reported on: 09th August 2024
    • Property Photos:  Back, Front
    • Observations: Bad reviews

PROPERTY SEVEN:

  • Address: Flat 5 Ravenscar, Bayham st., London NW1 0BS
  • Landlord: Leon Aryan Anayat Zadeh & Paul Darius Yousefzadeh
  • Host: James
  • Screenshot (listing 1 – Airbnb): August 2024
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: NGL652470 Proprietor: NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC (Co. Regn. No. 929027) of Mortgage Centre, P.O. Box 123, Greenock PA15 1EF
    • Reported on: 16th August 2024
    • Property Photos:  Back, Front
    • Observations: He owns another four flats in Stratford and Camden. They run it as a business.

 

PROPERTY EIGHT: (Minji owns two properties and rents each one to up to 10 people!!!):

PROPERTY NINE: (Minji owns two properties and rents each one to up to 10 people!!!):

PROPERTY TEN:

 

PROPERTY ELEVEN (ARCHIVE):

  • Address: Flat 33 Goldthorpe, Camden St., London NW1 0HH
  • Landlord: 
  • Host: 
  • Screenshot:
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: Coming Soon
    • Reported on: 20th July 2023

PROPERTY TWELVE:

  • Address: Flat 7 Mexborough, Pratt St., London NW1 0BL
  • Landlord: 
  • Host: 
  • Screenshot:
  • Other links:
    • Land Registry: Coming Soon
    • Reported on: 

The Landlords who rent the places:

Ahmed – Flat 16 Trimdon, Plender St, London NW1 0HA
Minji – Flat in Hickleton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USE CASE: Flat 22 Barnborough, Camden Street, London NW1 0HL

This flat is in breach of many terms in their lease. In summary, they are in breach of

For example, this flat had and probably still has a gas heater on its patio under the trees. This is a fire hazard, and we are not sure who maintains that heater or if it is safe when drunk people are on that patio during regular parties. Camden Council regulations do not allow this.

At the same time, they installed a jacuzzi on their patio, which included electrical cables and plugs. This allowed their guests to have hen parties via lockdowns, which continued until the early hours of working days.

We had to call the noise patrol many times. Elderly and ill residents suffered for one non-living landlord to make excessive profits.

 

USE CASE: Flat 14 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1

This flat is in breach of many terms in their lease. In summary, they are in breach of

 

USE CASE: Flat 25 Goldthorpe, Camden Street, London NW1 0HH

This flat is in breach of many terms in their lease. In summary, they are in breach of

The owner has hired professionals to rent the property as a business. Carlos manages 23 properties!

 

USE CASE: Flat 16 Trimdon, Plender Street, London NW1 0HA

This flat is in breach of many terms in their lease. In summary, they are in breach of

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  2. editor
    23/08/2024 at 10:11  ·  

    A Freedom Of Information request has been initiated with REF: CAM8371 regarding the short let

  3. editor
    29/08/2024 at 17:48  ·  

    These have now been opened as enforcement cases under the following reference numbers:

    EN24/0673 – Flat 17 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
    EN24/0673 – Flat 20 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
    EN24/0673 – Flat 14 Hickleton, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
    EN24/0674 – Flat 16 Trimdon, Plender Street, London NW1 0HA
    EN24/0675 – Flat 22 Barnbrough, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
    EN24/0676 – Flat 27 Mexbrough, Pratt Street, London NW1 0BL
    EN24/0677 – Flat 25 Goldthorpe, Camden Street, London NW1 0HB
    EN24/0678 – Flat 5 Ravenscar, Bayham Street, London NW1 0BS

    Best regards,

    Alberto Aponte
    Planning Assistant

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