A rogue landlord who repeatedly let out an unsafe house has been hit with a £20,000 fine. Demetirous Georgiou defied an emergency order banning him from renting out the property in George Street South, Salford, due to its poor state.
Housing officers from Salford City Council found fire doors were not up to standard and the fire alarm and detection systems and escape routes were still unsafe three years after Mr Georgiou was ordered to complete the work. Every flat at the property had been rented out, in breach of the emergency order.
At one point the whole building was left without power for cooking, hot water and lighting. Mr Georgiou, of George Street South, Higher Broughton, and Woodlands Avenue, Whitefield, has now been convicted of failing to comply with an Improvement Notice and breaching an Emergency Prohibition order.
