Flat 34, Williams Court, 24-26 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH4 9DT
CHI/00HN/MNR/2024/0088 · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 28 Jun 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £601.81 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £702.48 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £811.81 +34.9% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 28 Feb 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, 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 property is a one-bedroom flat in a purpose-built retirement complex build around 30 years ago. It is in a good attractive location with gardens and car parking. Extensive communal facilities are provided. Within the last 10 years significant improvements to the common parts have been made. The Tribunal is required to find the market rent based on the current terms of the tenancy. Those provide that service charges will be payable for communal services, amongst other matters. Therefore, the property cannot be compared with non-retirement accommodation. … The Tribunal does not find the tenant’s comparables helpful for these reasons. … That is not the same as market rent and is not therefore evidence of market rent. Further, the property is a significant distance away based in central Bournemouth. … It is therefore not comparable to the subject property. In addition, the Tribunal has no information as to when the rent was set. … As heating is provided by the landlord a tenant would expect to pay a greater rent to reflect this service. The heating element is £13.12 per week or £56.81 per month, giving an adjusted rent of £956.81 per month. After rounding, the starting point is therefore £955 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.