Tideways, Bluett Avenue, Seaview, Isle of Wight, PO34 5HE
CHI/00MW/MNR/2019/0033 · Isle of Wight · decided 18 Jun 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,200 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,050 +31.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 May 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | not stated |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 4 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. … Section 14(2)(b) of the Act requires the Tribunal to disregard any improvements carried out by the tenant and the Tribunal is therefore assisted by the layout plan showing the configuration of the ground floor bathroom prior to its conversion to a shower room. … In the first instance 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. In doing so it was assisted by the independent reports submitted by both parties. On behalf of the tenant the rent of the property if in improved condition is said to be either £1,100 or £1,500 per month and in existing condition either £950 or “excessive”. … In support of the landlords’ position are the details of a small 2-bedroom bungalow nearby available at £775 per month and a large house in good condition but without sea views available at £1,395 per month. … Based on the evidence referred to above the Tribunal takes as a starting point a rent of £1,400 per month. …
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.