1 New Shifford Farm Cottage, New Shifford, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 7QP
CAM/34UF/MNR/2018/0017 · West Oxfordshire · decided 9 Jul 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £200 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £850 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £725 +262.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2018 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 23 Apr 2018 |
| 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
The Tribunal considered the submissions and evidence of the parties. … A tribunal assesses the rent based on the condition of the Property as at the date of the inspection and so would take into account the effect (not the capital cost) all the works that had been undertaken by the Landlord have on the rental value. … The Tribunal noted that the Tenant had contributed to the heating, kitchen and repairs but these have now been replaced in the course of the work undertaken by the Landlords and therefore cannot be disregarded as tenant’s improvements. … The Tribunal considered the Property to be in generally good condition. It found that the living rooms were small and that the downstairs bathroom was inconvenient. The Tribunal finds in the experience of its members that gardens often have a neutral effect on rent. In this instance the large garden could be attractive to some but seen as a liability to others. … A tribunal determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values for properties let on assured shorthold tenancies on similar terms to that of the subject property. It bases its determination on rental values generally and on the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. …
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.