Flat 1, 22 St Clair Road, Poole, Dorset, BH13 7JR
CHI/00HP/MNR/2021/0024 · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 10 May 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £999 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,399 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,040 +4.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 11 Apr 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 Mar 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, 3 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 parties are not relevant to this issue and the decision of the Tribunal is not affected by the parties intentions in respect of the original term of the lease. … However the property is not in a condition that would be expected in order to command this level of rent and a number of adjustments need to be made to reflect this. … The Tribunal decided that a deduction of £160 per month should be made to reflect the standard of the kitchen fittings, £75 to reflect the Tenant’s provision of white goods, £75 to reflect dampness and associated mould growth, £50 per month for the condition of the bathroom fittings and £200 per month to reflect the dated and tired condition and decoration. … 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.