Four people have been denied access to the city’s register of private landlords due to missing safety documents.
David Ansell, Terry Magennis, Paul Duffy and Naseem Yassen have had applications to join the register for three years knocked back by Glasgow’s licensing committee.
Councillors met to consider whether the landlords were “fit and proper” people to be added to the register.
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They heard how Mr Ansell had failed to provide required information, including an electrical installation condition report, whether his property met “safety requirements in terms of fire protection” and a building insurance certificate.
A council official revealed Mr Ansell also “failed to meet legal obligations in respect of the house which he had registered”. He hadn’t contributed almost £6,5000 in common charges, including building insurance premiums.
The landlord also owed more than £2,000 towards common repairs, which other proprietors had covered to ensure repairs could go ahead. The official said Mr Ansell had been contacted on several occasions but the outstanding information had not been provided.
Committee chairman Cllr Alex Wilson said the documents were “really crucial” and “the responsibility would be on a landlord” to provide them.
Mr Magennis had also also failed to provide information to the council, with documents including gas and electrical safety certificates, portable appliance testing and proof of carbon monoxide detectors and buildings insurance among those missing.
The landlord had told the council that the property was up for sale but was still occupied by a tenant when council officials filed their report on Mr Magennis.
Mr Duffy had not provided an electrical installation condition report, confirmation that portable appliances were safe to use and a legionella risk assessment.
He had also been asked for gas, electrical and building insurance certificates and to provide evidence of carbon monoxide detectors. Cllr Wilson asked whether any certification had been provided and the council official confirmed none had been received.
Mr Yassen, who claimed to be representing his mother who owns the property, had also been asked for a number of documents including gas and electrical safety certificates, proof of portable appliance testing and carbon monoxide detection, a legionella risk assessment and buildings insurance.
He said his mother hadn’t received any emails from the council and asked for them to be sent again. However, he failed to respond to further emails.
Cllr Wilson asked officials to add read receipts to emails so they would know if they had been accessed in future. “Then we couldn’t get excuses from people,” he said. “In terms of safety concerns etc, it (the report) certainly doesn’t make good reading.”
He added: “If we have not received anything after a certain number of emails, it may be wise to drop a letter to say we have sent you correspondence. You agreed this is the way you would like to be corresponding by, however we’ve had no response. Please could you confirm your email address again?”
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