38 Linden Road, Dunstable, LU5 4NZ
CAM/00KC/MNR/2024/0080 · Central Bedfordshire · decided 2 Aug 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £693.33 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,450 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,350 +94.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 2 May 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 26 Mar 2024 |
| 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
In determining the market rent, the Tribunal has regard to prevailing levels of rent in the general locality and achieved rental values in respect of other properties of comparable accommodation and provision that would be likely to be considered by a prospective tenant. The current rent, and the period that has passed since that rent was agreed or determined is not relevant. … The legislation requires the Tribunal to have regard to market demand assuming that the landlord is willing. The Tribunal is therefore unable to have any regard to the personal circumstances or identities of the actual landlord and tenant in assessing the level of rent. … However, as set out above, the Tribunal is required to have regard to the obligations of the Landlord and Tenant in respect of the repair, maintenance and upkeep of the Property. … As set out above, section 14 (2) (c) of the 1988 Act requires the Tribunal to disregard any failure by the Tenant to comply with their lease obligations. … The Tribunal has inspected the Property and considers that, whilst it is apparent that some work has been carried out relatively recently, it is still only in a fair condition and would be unattractive to the market. …
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.