21 Chaffinch Close, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7RG
CHI/00LC/MNR/2021/0095 · Medway · decided 17 Nov 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £450 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £700 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £700 +55.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 15 Aug 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 25 May 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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 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 using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in the Chatham 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 £850 per month. … However, the property is not let in such condition as is usual. The Tribunal decided that it should make a number of reductions from this open market rent to take account of the fact that the Tenant provides white goods and curtains, and that internal fittings and condition are poor. … The Tribunal determined that the provision of a small area of flooring by the tenant would not have a material effect on rental value. … This results in a net open market rental value of £700 per calendar 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.