25 Gainsford Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 7AS
CHI/00MS/MNR/2023/0279 · Southampton · decided 30 Jan 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £850 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £950 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £950 +11.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 12 Dec 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 24 Oct 2023 |
| 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 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 £1,000 per month. A market letting would usually include a fridge, washing machine, cooker, carpets and curtains. … From the photographs provided carpets seem to be included by the Landlord but not curtains, and a fridge freezer could be seen in the photograph of the kitchen. … The Tribunal noted the garden slopes steeply enough to require steps and felt that this was a disadvantage to the property. … The Tenants made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenants undue hardship. Determination 25. …
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.