15D Penn Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 2PN
CAM/00MC/F77/2022/0009 · Buckinghamshire · decided 25 Aug 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,200 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,300 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,575 +31.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 29 Jul 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 May 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
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 regard to the personal circumstances or identities of the actual landlord and tenant in assessing the level of rent. … The Tribunal notes the comments made by the Tenant but failures on the part of the Landlord or Tenant to comply with the terms of the lease have to be disregarded in setting the level of rent. … The Tribunal considers that the rent proposed to the Tenant by the Landlord is conservative and the market rental, having regard to the statutory assumptions would be in the region of £1,575 pm. … The Tribunal therefore determines the market rental of the Property with effect from 29 July 2022 at £1,575 per calendar month. The rent payable may not, therefore, exceed this figure. However, this does not prevent the Landlord from charging a lower figure.
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.