24 Newfoundland Court, Newfoundland Circus, Bristol, BS2 9AP
CHI/00HB/MNR/2024/0111 · Bristol, City of · decided 10 Jun 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,375 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,575 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,500 +9.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Apr 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 11 Mar 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 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. … Once an application is received, 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 irrespective of rent review provision in the original lease. The personal circumstances of the Parties are not relevant to this issue 20. Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and, using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in central Bristol as well as considering the factors listed by the Applicants, the CHI/00HBMNR/2024/0111 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 £1,500 per month. … The Tenants made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. Determination 22. The Tribunal therefore decided that the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this assured tenancy was £1,500 per month. …
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.