16 Cheshire Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7GP
CAM/26UJ/MNR/2024/0075 · Three Rivers · decided 5 Jul 2024
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £929.54 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £996.80 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,001.13 +7.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Feb 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, 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 in respect of the Property, 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. Similarly, the Tribunal is also unable to take into account the Tenant’s ability to pay the rent in assessing the amount to be paid or the Landlord’s need to achieve a certain income in order to, for example, cover their mortgage payments. … In addition, historic matters between the actual landlord and tenant are not relevant to the rent likely to be offered by a prospective tenant. The Tribunal can therefore only have regard to the Property as it exists on the relevant date of the proposed rent review having regard to the statutory assumptions. …
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.