52 Combe Bank, Lindthorpe Way, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 8BB
CHI/00HH/MNR/2023/0048 · Torbay · decided 6 Jun 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £565.50 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £839.32 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £510.03 −9.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Apr 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, studio |
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 South Devon 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 £550 per month. It should be noted that most market rents are quoted on a monthly basis. This figure equates to £126.92. … However, the property is not let on the same basis as an open market letting and adjustments need to be made to this figure to reflect the Tenant’s provision of white goods within the studio itself £20, the Tenant’s provision of carpets £15, and the Tenant’s provision of curtains £5. A total adjustment of £40 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.