Flat 3, 54 Beach Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1BH
CHI/00HC/MNR/2021/0103 · North Somerset · decided 11 Nov 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £475 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £520 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £520 +9.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 27 Sep 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 22 Jul 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 1 bedroom |
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. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Weston-super-Mare 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 £650 per month. This figure takes account of the difficulty of parking close to the property which the Tribunal considers to be offset by proximity to the beach. CHI/00HC/MNR/2021/0103 17. However the property is not in a condition that would justify a rental of £650 per month and a number of adjustments should be made to reflect this. … In particular deductions from such a market rent should be made to reflect the broken windows, partial provision of white goods, Tenant’s provision of curtains, damp issues and general age/wear and tear of decorations. …
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.