A Nottingham landlord has been ordered to repay nearly £3,000 of rent after a tribunal ruled his "abusive and coercive" behaviour led to tenants feeling unable to use the bathroom. A judge-led residential property tribunal has ruled that there was "no reasonable excuse" for the "intimidating atmosphere" of Nasir Ahmed, the landlord of a property in Thurgarton Street, Sneinton, and ruled the tenants should be repaid £2,817.40 of rent.
The tribunal heard Ebenezer Hagan and Farhan Bashir, students at Nottingham Trent University, complained about "persistent" visits to the property "without good cause, sometimes at unusual times late at night or early morning". The visits were unconnected with attention to maintenance or repairs and caused the claimants and other occupants' "anxiety" during their tenancy, which lasted from January 12 to July 1, 2022.
On one occasion, it was stated Ahmed, of Ferndale Road, Nottingham, entered Mr Hagan's room to demand he vacate the property and when ordered to leave "banged the door closed on the claimant's hand causing injury", the hearing was told. As he left the room and the property, the landlord made "several racist abusive remarks".
