3 Waterloo Mews, 15 Alma Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 1FD
CHI/00HN/MNR/2022/0057 · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 3 Aug 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £995 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £950 +18.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 29 May 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 Apr 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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. … 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 an using its own judgment and knowledge of rental values in the Bournemouth area, 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 £1,000 per month. This figure reflects the size of the second bedroom. … However, the property is not in a condition that would command such a rent and an adjustment needs to be made to this ‘open market’ rent to take account of the general condition of the property as evidenced in the photographs provided. Using its experience, the Tribunal decided that a deduction of £50 per month should be made. … 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.