2 West Lodge, Dell Road, Grays, RM17 5JT
CAM/00KG/MNR/2025/0794 · Thurrock · decided 11 Apr 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £705 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £855 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £750 +6.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 26 Nov 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, studio |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Market Rent is assessed on the basis that the Property is vacant and to let on the market for rent by a willing hypothetical landlord and the whole market is free to compete and submit bids. It is therefore the case that the personal circumstances of the actual Tenant and Landlord are irrelevant as the assessment has regard to a hypothetical rental transaction between hypothetical parties having regard to the Property as it actually exists save for any failures on the part of the Tenant to comply with their covenants. In this regard, internal wear and tear is taken into account. … The costs incurred by the Landlord in owning and managing the Property have no relevance to the rent that would be agreed in the market by a hypothetical Landlord who is willing to accept the best offer made by the market irrespective as to whether or not that offer was sufficient to cover their costs. … 1 West Lodge which was let at £705 pcm 16 months ago. However, it was apparent that No. 1 was in better condition than the Property. … The Tribunal has had regard to the nature and characteristics of potential tenants if the Property was to come on 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.