Flat 18, Barons Court, 100 Princess Road, Poole, Dorset, BH12 1BP
CHI/00HP/MNR/2021/0019 · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 22 Apr 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £775 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £850 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £775 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 Feb 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, 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. … However, the property is not in a condition that would command such a rent. There is no central heating, the carpets curtains and white goods are not provided by the Landlord and the Bathroom and Kitchen fittings are not of a standard that would normally be expected. … 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.