5 Roper Road, Upper Heyford, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX25 5TS
CAM/00KB/MNR/2022/0122 · Cherwell · decided 6 Mar 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £990 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,065 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,050 +6.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jan 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 25 Nov 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tribunal determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. The Tribunal does not take into account the present rent and the period of time for which that rent has been charged nor does it take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the existing rent. By determining rental values for properties in the open market, i.e., by reference to what tenants are prepared to pay, the Tribunal is in effect able to take account of the various ways in which landlords and their agents may seek to assess rents by return on capital, refence to inflation, value per unit of area. … The Tribunal only has jurisdiction to determine the rent. The Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either a tenant or landlord. … The Tribunal assesses a rent based on the condition of the Property as at the time of the determination. Therefore, it cannot take into account the period of time which a property might have been in disrepair prior to work being carried out by the Landlord. Equally, it cannot take into account work which the Landlord said it is intended to undertake or is scheduled to take place in the future. With regard to the floor coverings, curtains/blinds and white goods the Tribunal determines their value to the tenant. …
An extract. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.