26 Chalkdell House, 42 Loweswater Close, Watford, WD25 0TA
CAM/26UK/MNR/2025/0726 · Watford · decided 27 Oct 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £900 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,200 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,100 +22.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 29 Sep 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 5 Aug 2025 |
| 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
The Tribunal first considered whether it felt able to reasonably and fairly decide this case based on the papers submitted only with no oral hearing. Having inspected the property and read and considered the papers it decided that it could do so. … The Tribunal is required to determine the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under an assured tenancy. The personal circumstances of the Parties are not relevant to this issue. … The Tribunal notes that both Parties seek to rely on asking rents as advertised on Rightmove or Zoopla rather than providing evidence of actual rents achieved. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Watford, the Tribunal decided that the market rent for the subject property if let today in a condition that was usual for such an open market letting would be £1,200 per month. … Such an open market letting would be for a tenantable property in good order with the Landlord responsible for internal decoration and on the basis that carpets, curtains and white goods would all be provided by the Landlord. …
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.