1 Bullar Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0NG
CHI/00MS/MNR/2023/0140 · Southampton · decided 7 Jul 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,100 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,200 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,200 +9.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 12 May 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 29 Mar 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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
Having carefully considered all the evidence the Tribunal considers that the rent that would be achieved in good condition with reasonably modern kitchen and bathroom fittings, modern services, carpets, curtains and white goods supplied by the landlord would be £1,300 per month. This figure is based upon the comparable evidence provided by the landlord and the Tribunal’s professional judgement and experience. … However the Tribunal now needs to adjust this figure to allow for the internal condition with evidence of mould to the bathroom, no white goods or curtains. The Tribunal has considered very carefully the tenant’s submissions and using its own expertise, concluded that a deduction of £100 should be applied. This reduces the rental figure to £1,200 per month. It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based upon capital costs but is the tribunal’s estimate of the amount by which the rent would need to be reduced to attract a tenant. 11 The average rent for rental properties in the Southampton area has increased every quarter since the end of 2019, according to the online property portal Rightmove. The rent increases are due to not enough properties coming to the market to meet demand and the number of homes for rent is 46 per cent below 2019 levels. This puts this decision in context with the current rental market. …
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.