50 Ravenglass Crescent, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 6ER
CHI/00HB/MNR/2020/0070 · Bristol, City of · decided 30 Nov 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,300 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,250 +56.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Nov 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 Sep 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 first considered whether it felt able to reasonably and fairly decide this case based on the papers submitted only, with no oral hearing. Having 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 Tenant are not relevant to this issue. CHI/00HB/MNR/2020/0070 16. Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in the Southmead area of 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 £1250 per month. … The property seemed to be in a condition that might normally be expected for a property of this age and type so that no deductions should be made from this open market rental. … Accordingly the Tribunal decided that the new rent should be fixed at £1250 per month. … The Tribunal was satisfied that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant no 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.