Room 32, 27/28 Belvedere Road, Brighton, BN1 3AF
CHI/00ML/MNR/2022/0118 · Brighton and Hove · decided 15 Dec 2022
old rulesroom in shared housebills included| Rent before the notice | £606.67 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £715 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £650 +7.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 17 Oct 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | room |
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 determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. It does not take into account the present rent and the period of time which that rent has been charged, nor does it take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the passing rent. In addition, the legislation makes it clear that the Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either the landlord or the tenant. … The Tribunal assesses the rent for the property as at the date of the landlord’s Notice and on the terms of the extant tenancy. The Tribunal disregards any improvements made by the tenant, but takes into account the impact on rental value of disrepair which is not due to a failure of the tenant to comply with the terms of the tenancy. … In determining the rent, the Tribunal has regard to any evidence supplied by the parties and the Tribunal’s own general knowledge of market rental levels in the wider area. … Neither party submitted any comparable rental evidence outside of the building. The landlord relied on a schedule of achieved rents within the building for various types of accommodation and tenancies. However, such accommodation varies in size and is let to both private and local authority tenants. …
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.