90 Kingsland, Harlow, CM18 6XN
CAM/22UJ/MNR/2023/0015 · Harlow · decided 27 Apr 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £850 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £950 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £930 +9.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Feb 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 13 Jan 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. … As such, whilst these comparables are helpful in assessing the market rent of the Property in the event that it has been refurbished, an adjustment is required to account for the relative lack of modernisation. … In this regard, the Property has been occupied by the current tenant since 2017 and it is apparent from the inspection that it would benefit from refurbishment and modernisation in order to bring it back up to market standards. … There would be particular benefit in fitting effective mechanical ventilation to the bathroom and kitchen areas to extract warm damp air thereby assisting with the control of condensation and mould. …
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.