Amid Credit crunch and cost of living crisis landlord Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand was caught packing 40 tenants into a four-bedroomed house in Napier Road, Wembley, back in 2018,  raking £360, 000. Enforcement officers discovered one of the Napier Road Tenants living in a lean-to shack made out of pellets and tarpaulin with no heating or lighting, discovered several fire safety regulations, accumulating waste, disrepairs and unhygienic confidition while Valand pocketed £1, 400 a month from tenants living in unsafe conditions without tenancy agreements.  He was fined £30, 000 and ordered to pay £3,347 in costs by Willesden Magistrates Court.

To escape Valand lied saying he didn’t own a business in the UK, but Brent officers were able to demonstrate in court last year that this was a lie. He was ordered to pay in fines and costs £6, 190 for this lie.

He has handed a £5, 000 confiscation order, Valand went on to exploit more vulnerable tenants.

In January 2022, he was found guilty of breaching housing regulations at a licensed HMO property in Wembley Hill Road.

A judge issued the ban after the council proved that Valand , 48, living with his family in Swunderby Road, Wembley, had been responsible for multiple housing-related offences in Brent.