1 Gable Road, Bristol, BS5 0YP
CHI/00HB/MNR/2020/0013 · Bristol, City of · decided 29 Jun 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | £880.75 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £924.08 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £924.99 +5.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 27 Apr 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 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 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 Tenant are not relevant to this issue. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Bristol 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 £1000 per month. … Such a market rent would normally be based on the property being in good order throughout and including furnishings comprising flooring, curtains, and white goods. … Using its experience the Tribunal decided that an adjustment of £75 per month should be made to reflect these items as follows; Tenant’s provision of white goods £10 Tenant’s provision of curtains £20 Tenants provision of floorings £40 ____ TOTAL £75 CHI/00HB/MNR/2020/0013 18. Accordingly the open market rent of £1000 per month would be adjusted to £925 per month equating to £213.46 per week. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue
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.