Flat 6, Lancaster Court, Newstead Rise, Reading, RG2 8JX
CAM/00MC/MNR/2023/0077 · Reading · decided 15 Aug 2023
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £750 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £895 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,050 +40.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 6 Apr 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 2 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. … In addition, historic matters between the actual landlord and tenant are not relevant to the rent likely to be offered by a prospective tenant. The Tribunal can therefore only have regard to the Property as it actually exists on the relevant date of the proposed rent review having regard to the statutory assumptions. … It was noted during the Hearing that the AST is unclear as to the ability of the Tenant and requirement to keep the Property in decoration. In this regard, clause 2 (3) (iv) excludes the Landlord from any obligation to carry out “…internal painting or decoration” whilst clause 3 (10) states that the Tenant is “not to decorate the interior parts of the premises but to ensure that they are kept in good order.” 37. …
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.