64 Chilcombe Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 3DB
CAM/00MF/MNR/2022/0068 · Wokingham · decided 9 Nov 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,050 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,650 +57.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 17 Aug 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 17 Jun 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, 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 regard to the personal circumstances or identities of the actual landlord and tenant in assessing the level of rent. … In addition, the Tribunal is unable to assume that the demise is different to that as defined within the expired lease. As such, whilst the Landlord contends that the Tenant should be assumed to have access to the garage conversion this is expressly excluded from the original lease and must therefore be disregarded. … In this regard, the Tribunal was not provided with any evidence that the Tenant and Landlord had since agreed that the garage conversion would now be included within the demise and the Tenant does not appear to have taken occupation thereof. … All these properties differ in respect of their locality, age, configuration and fit out. However, they are of assistance in setting a general level of value. …
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.