Over 10 000 hits on DeveloperKhani.com

Well over 10 000 hits on this blog documenting the exploits of one Soheil Mehrab-Khani, a Bahai who entered this country as a refugee, and who feels it's fine not to pay Tradesmen (or even his own lawyers) for work done, build whatever he wants to without or irrespective of building permits, inflict misery on neighbours and to issue threats including threats of murder and serious injury to anyone who stands in his way.

The latest visit on 5th December is by the Tasmanian Government, who spent 30 minutes going over the blog:

Let's hope a little more interest in Mehrab-Khani is shown by the Tasmanian Government, because Hobart City Council has shown itself to be lazy and incompetent and unable or unwilling to ensure compliance with Planning Tribunal Orders.

Neither does the Council seem prepared to act to deal with harm being caused to the city's tourist industry by the 'Harrington 102' Accommodation Facility (to call it an Hotel would be inaccurate).

The interesting thing about this visit is what was typed into Google by the Tasmanian Government-- "161 Bathurst St". It seems there is some interest in this property, which was the impetus for the blog being in existence in the first place.

Harrington 102 Latest Review: "Disgraceful - do not stay there!"

We have reported several times on the Harrington 102 owned by Soheil Mehrab-Khani. There is a new review on Trip Advisor dated 25-11-11 which is a doozie:

 http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g255097-d300914-r121008598-Harrington_s_102-Hobart_Tasmania.html

It was written by Rose from Frankston, Victoria and is reproduced in full below.

"Unfortunately I was double-booked from my original accommodation and as Cold Chisel were in town, I had no choice but to stay there unless I wanted a night on the streets.


The reception is unmanned most of the time and there is no lift. The room was tiny - the bed was pushed against one wall, with no window (just glass bricks), no window coverings, no bedside table, no bedside lamp, no telephone, no place for my case but on the limited 'empty' floor space about 1 metre in depth.


There was the tiniest container of curdled milk in the fridge which I asked to be replaced and 2 teabags. I spent as little time as possible in the room catching the late night picture show returning around 11.30pm.


I was unable to sleep as the lights were shining through the glass biricks from outside and streaming underneath the large gap in the door. The room was also noisy - I could hear the plumbing from the other rooms - toilets, showers and taps and the constant drone of an over-worked fridge as it had been crammed into a space with no ventilation. 


The room was airless - the only option being to switch on an air-conditioner and have cold air blowing over me. As I could not sleep I got up at 5.30 am and went out to take some photos around Hobart and get some air. As soon as I crossed the road and turned round to take a picture a demented woman shouted after me to not take pictures.... Had she been watching me???


I had already decided to give their "free" breakfast a miss - it looked less than appealing. I had to collect my cases and face another torrent of abuse as I was leaving - the woman is not quite right. If you have any choice in the matter - give this place a big miss, 


It shouldn't be allowed to trade. They might have 1 or 2 decent rooms but the small rooms are definitely substandard and are most probably in breach of quite a few Accommodation Standards Laws."


I love the bit about the demented woman shouting not to take photo's -- this was undoubtedly Jaklin Rahimi, Soheil Mehrab-Khani's partner and they have good reason to be 'gun shy' as far as being on the receiving end of a camera. 


My photo's were used in several court cases against Mehrab-Khani. I was assaulted my both Jaklin Rahimi and Soheil Mehrab-Khani in 2010 at the corner of Goulburn and Harrington streets, and one of the photo's from my evidence of Breach Of Restraint Order is below, it is a 360 degree panorama of the area:

Here is a pic of Harrington 102 with Soheil Mehrab-Khani's Mercedes parked outside:

The Manager of Harrington 102 is Jaklin Rahimi, pictured below arguing with Mehrab-Khani outside the window to my house :

An earlier review of Harrington 102 from Trip Advisor described the woman running the Hotel as an "unmedicated psychotic patient." 

Khani pays 2 Debts After Caveats Lodged on Some Of His Land

Readers of this site will be aware of how very hard it has proved for many creditors,usually sole tradesmen, to get their money off Mr Khani.

Just tracking him down to serve him can be very difficult.

His own Solicitors Gunson Williams needed to sue him to get paid.
That sum included the cost of sending the letter shown earlier on this site threatening a Defamation action. (Presumably Gunson Williams now join Chris Boland Lawyers and Abetz Curtis as his ex-Solicitors)

The Tribunal decision in Ali Youssef v Khani reported that in trying to get money off Mr Youssef, Mr Khani:-

-flung himself on the ground,
-knelt on the floor,moving up and down in a begging motion,and
-shouted obscenities about Allah and Mohammed.

The Kingston family,owners of Hobart Bin Hire received their Court Judgment against Mr Khani for $2,841in the first half of 2010 but there was still no payment so their Solicitors registered the Judgement by Caveat over several of his properties on June 25th 2010.

Even that brought no solution with Khani finally paying up and the Caveat being withdrawn on April 15th this year. Court Fees on the Summons,Service and Judgement would have been over $150 as would legal costs, bringing the sum to over $3,150.

Then are the $106 fee on filing a Caveat, the legal costs of doing so, the $85 fee to Withdraw a Caveat and likely associated legal costs. There would also be interest on the Judgement. So it likely cost Mr Khani over $3,500 all up.

Many people who drove down Bathurst St in 2009-10 will have noticed the Bin sitting outside No.161 half full for month after month. At about $3,500 it might make a Guinness record as the mostly costly bin hire ever.

In May 2009 the Hobart City Council issued a Complaint against Mr Khani in respect of illegal Building at 178 Brisbane St. In July 2009 the HCC issued Complaints re illegal building work at 44 Bay Rd New Town and 161 Bathurst St.

Many Court appearances followed.

Mr Khani obtained adjournments for many and varied reasons - he needed time to obtain a lawyer,he was ill,etc. On at least one occasion he didn’t appear but sent a message that he was injured.

On one such “injured” day he was seen within the half hour with a bandaged thumb both conducting business at the Council office & driving a vehicle…fast.

On several occasions he screamed out at spectators in the Court, ranted on uncontrollably and ignored and frustrated attempts by Magistrates to control proceedings.

Eventually he pleaded Guilty on 15.7.10 and was fined (only) $400 on each Complaint. However the Council obtained Orders for their Legal Costs to be assessed.

Then the consequences to Mr Khani of his actions were brought home to him. On 10.11.10 the Council costs against Mr Khani were taxed (assessed) by the Court at $1,620,$895.87 and $1,216.06 respectively.

Surprise, surprise but Mr Khani did not pay any of this total of $3,731.93.
After other efforts failed the Council also entered a Caveat over most of his properties.

This was on 28.3.2011.There were then 2 caveats over these properties.
Eventually the Council was paid also and it’s Caveat withdrawn on 27.6.11. With Caveat fees, legal costs and interest that sum had swelled to well over $4,000.

It’s not currently known what are the claimed HCC Legal Costs for the 4 Complaints of Building Breaches to which he pleaded Guilty before Magistrate Rheinberger in late May,or whether they’ve yet been assessed. At one of those Hearings a Warrant for his Arrest was issued following his non appearance. Watch this space.

A copy of the HCC caveat and of the Title to 33 Marlborough St with Caveats registered appear below. You’ll see that it lists all his Mortgagees. For anybody interested (such as Bailiffs and debt collectors) the Title Certificate No.’s listed refer respectively to:-

44 Bay Rd,New Town
33 Marlborough St,Sandy Bay
159 Bathurst St
157 Bathurst St
161 Bathurst St
102 Harrington St, and
395-401 Elizabeth St [possibly soon to be on the market]

The absence from the list of 178 Brisbane St (C.T.26360/1) is because whilst the Council referred to him as “Mehrab- Khani (aka Mehrab Khani)” they apparently didn’t appreciate that he has bought other properties such as 178 Brisbane St using just the surname Khani.

178 Brisbane St is unlikely to be sold anytime soon as Mr Khani has both chopped off part of the front fence of 176 Brisbane St and built his fence pillar upon it and built the boundary fence 5cm into 176.

Any Real Estate Agent acting to sell 178 will be so advised and will face the need to comply with S.196 of the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2005, which reads:

Anybody seeking to enforce a debt by Registering a charge over any of the several vehicles that Mr Khani uses will find that he’s put the recent ones in his wife’s name [no prize for guessing why].

However you’ll find that  Holden Rodeo FN5014 is in his name and can conveniently be levied against.

     

Cardiff City "Doing The Ayatollah"

Something different today, sure to make Tony smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbjqBi_VwbA 


The Ayatollah is a football celebration used by fans of Welsh football club Cardiff City.





Performing the action is always preceded by a chant of "do the Ayatollah". Performing the Ayatollah is done by having both hands flat pointing towards each other raised above your head and repeatedly moving them up and down in a patting motion.


The Ayatollah was the focus of two songs written in support of the club prior to them playing in the 2008 FA Cup Final. A group of supporters released a song named "Do The Ayatollah!" and a different song under the same title was written by one of the clubs players, Steve Thompson.


The link shows Cardiff City Fans "Doing The Ayatollah" on YouTube during a game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1MWwce3cTg


In 1989, when Ayatollah Khomeini died, his funeral was shown on British TV and a Cardiff City fan was rather taken with the mourners way of expressing their grief – they slapped their heads with both hands.

At the next Cardiff home game, he encouraged all his mates to copy these mourners and slap their heads whenever Cardiff scored a goal. The trend caught on. 


Last year, the trend caught on even more when the Welsh rugby captain, Gareth Thomas, had a bet with a mate and started celebrating his tries for Wales and the Lions by doing the ayatollah. 


And now, the ayatollah has caught on in a third sport, cricket, as Simon Jones, who is Welsh and plays his cricket in Cardiff, has got the England players doing it too!

Harrington 102 Features In Underage Sex Case

The below story verified by Tony Jacobs who read the judgement and details presented in Court and confirms these details:

On August 12th 2011 Judge Helen Wood in the Supreme Court of Tasmania, convicted and sentenced Mr N.O.Bester aged 58 to 34 months imprisonment for Maintaining a Sexual relationship with a Young Person.

Mr Bester was a teacher of the 15 year old girl who suffered from anorexia.

On 10.11.2010 Mr Bester booked a room at what was called in Court “Hotel Harrington 102”, entered and left that “Hotel” with the girl and and there twice had vaginal sexual intercourse with her.

Police found it difficult to obtain records from the “Hotel”.

The “Hotel” is that which is featured in many harsh accommodation reviews, some reproduced on this site.

The owner is, of course, Mr Soheil Mehrab Khani (above) who in January 2011 claimed that the Tasmanian Office of the DPP had deliberately withheld the names of men who had had sex with a 12 y.o.girl in a nearby Hotel as organised by one Gary Devine and the girl’s mother.

P.S. If the Tax Department reads this article - maybe you should check for those records.

Harrington 102 -- What's In A Name?

The Harrington 102 was bought as a Backpacker by Mehrab-Khani but the shared kitchen facility was removed, so it was no longer approved as such two years ago.

It is advertised on on his web site as a "small Bed and Breakfast" accommodation. The Council defines a B&B as "a house or flat used by it's permanent residents to provide accommodation for people away from their homes."

The area for use by visitor accommodation is not more than 25%, and it has to have one car space for the owner and one for each accommodation bed. And by Council definition it is not a Hotel because it does not have a liquor license.

The Harrington 102 is therefore wrongly claimed to be a Bed and Breakfast and is also not a Hotel by Council definition.

Mehrab-Khani's web site says it has "modern and immaculate facilities", and Wotif calls it "Ultra Modern" -- it is neither of these. Reading the latest Trip Advisor reviews will clear this up!

Remedial Action Soon At Melville Street

The Insurer of the 4 Stratum Title Units backing onto Mr Khani’s land at 157-161 Bathurst St where his excavation has caused a land slip have decided to rectify the problem and then proceed to recovery from Mr Khani.

Again, action is believed to be imminent.

The representatives of those Insurers are very welcome readers of this site and we’ll offer any assistance we can.