34a Swaffham Rd Reach Cambridge CB25 0HZ
CAM/12UG/MNR/2020/0020 · East Cambridgeshire · decided 8 Oct 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | £950 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,140 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,050 +10.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Aug 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 May 2020 |
| 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
The Tribunal determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. The legislation makes it clear that the Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either the landlord or the tenant. … The Tribunal assesses a rent for the Property in the state that it is in on the day of the hearing, disregarding any improvements made by the tenant. … The Tribunal has had regard to the comparables put forward by both parties. It considers that the best comparables are those which are closest in locality and character to the subject property and which let close to the date of the determination of rent – which is 1 August 2020. … The Tribunal does not think that the comparables put forward to support the landlord’s case are particularly useful. They are either not in the immediate locality of the subject property and/or are of a significantly different character. It does not accept that the property in Hatley Drive is a ‘good comparable’ being a detached bungalow when the subject property is an end of terrace house. It is also assuming that by ‘footprint’ the agent means floor area. …
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.