Room 4U, Old Mission Hall, 57A/B St Clements Street, Oxford OX4 1AG
CAM/38UC/MNR/2021/0067 · Oxford · decided 14 Feb 2022
old rulesroom in shared housebills included| Rent before the notice | £461.88 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £600 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £600 +29.9% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Dec 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 14 Oct 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | room |
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 determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. The Tribunal does not take into account the present rent and the period of time which that rent has been charged nor does it take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the existing rent. The Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either the Landlord or the Tenant. Therefore, the fact that the Landlord is a charity is not something that the Tribunal considers. … The Tribunal assessed a rent based on the condition of the Building and Property as at the time of the determination. Therefore, it cannot take into account the period of time which a property might have been in disrepair prior to work being carried out by the Landlord. Equally, it cannot take into account work which the Landlord said it intended to undertake or was scheduled to take place in the future. … The Tribunal considered the representations made by the parties. … The Tribunal noted that new furniture had been provided. As a communal area the condition of the floor was not something that had a significant effect on the rent, although the Tribunal took it into account. …
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.