Flat 35 Triangle Building, Wolverton Park Road, Wolverton, MK12 5FJ
CAM/00MG/MNR/2023/0004 · Milton Keynes · decided 23 Mar 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £765 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £995 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £840 +9.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 11 Jan 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 7 Dec 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 1 bedroom |
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. … The Property is well maintained and has been kept in an excellent state of repair and decoration such that it would present well for letting. … In this regard, the Landlord’s requested rent might be appropriate for a two bedroom upper floor flat within Hamilton House benefitting from a balcony, river views and amenities. However, the Property is a one bedroom ground floor flat directly facing a tired retail parade within a less attractive development and no amenities other than a single car parking space. … Having had regard to all the available evidence, the Tribunal determines the market rental of the Property to be £840 pcm. The rent payable may not, therefore, exceed this 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.