Flat 6, West Park Lodge, 60 Westwood Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1DP
CHI/00MS/MNR/2023/0003 · Southampton · decided 27 Feb 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £665 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £700 +5.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jan 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 3 Nov 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 Parties are not relevant to this issue. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Southampton 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 £775 per month. … However, the property is not in a condition that would merit such a rent and several adjustments need to be made to reflect this. … From the photographs provided the Tribunal concludes that the kitchen and bathroom fittings are dated, that the carpets are at the end of their useful life,. internal decorations are relatively poor and there are a number of minor defects, particularly to windows. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. Determination 23. …
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.