Flat 3 (Top Floor), 74 Sackville Road, Hove, BN3 3HB
CHI/00ML/MNR/2019/0025 · Brighton and Hove · decided 20 May 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £995 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,090 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,090 +9.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Apr 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 Feb 2019 |
| 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 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 regard to the above, the tribunal determined what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let today on the terms and in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. The Tribunal considered the comparable provided by the parties and also relied on its own knowledge and experience of lettings of similar properties and determined that the appropriate should be £1,090 per month. … The tribunal had careful regard to all the written submissions and they are reflected in the above rent. No evidence has been supplied to confirm that the boiler needs replacement. A current safety certificate has been issued and the tenant advised that the proposals by the plumber were recommendations rather than conditions for the issue of a certificate. This is an old building and the flat is located on the top floor. It is apparent that there have been ongoing problems with dampness but work has been carried out by the landlord and, at the time of the inspection by the tribunal, no significant dampness was noted. …
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.