34 Fourth Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 8RQ
CAM/22UB/MNR/2024/0111 · Basildon · decided 14 Aug 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,150 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,000 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,800 +56.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 15 Jun 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 2 May 2024 |
| 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 coming to my decision, I relied on both the landlord’s and tenant’s comparable evidence and my own general knowledge of rents in Wickford. … I determined that the bungalow essentially provides three bedrooms, the mezzanine area is open to the former third bedroom the usable floor area of which is smaller due to the installation of the staircase to the mezzanine resulting in the two areas together providing the third bedroom. The annexe or rear building does not comprise a three bedroom annexe as there is no heating in the timber building nor any water or sanitary facilities. Moreover, the tenancy agreement refers to the property as a three bedroom bungalow with three room outbuilding. The outbuilding can and has been used as a beauty therapy room and as such adds value to the bungalow for the current occupier. … I determined that the open market rent of the was £1,800 per month to reflect the bungalow with its annexe.
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.