1 Lyncombe Close, Exeter, Devon, EX4 5EJ
CHI/18UC/MNR/2019/0032 · Exeter · decided 5 Jun 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £858.33 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £901 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £853.50 −0.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 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, 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
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. … Both parties have provided details of lettings within the same road as the subject property the passing rents of which range from £965 to £995 per month. … The adjoining property at No 3, although reported as having been fully refurbished, is externally identical and as such we consider it to be of most assistance and therefore take the reported passing rent of £975 pm as our starting point. … The subject property is not however in the same condition as the comparable. It has the original kitchen and bathroom both of which require replacement. The landlord’s carpet is old and worn and there are areas of relatively minor disrepair. In addition, unlike the majority of Assured Shorthold Tenancies the tenants are responsible for internal decoration. … A prospective tenant would not expect to pay the same rent for this property as the newly refurbished property adjoining. Doing the best it can the Tribunal makes a deduction of 12 ½% to reflect the discount that would be required to attract a tenant to the property in its current condition and on the terms of its tenancy agreement arriving at a rounded rent of £853.50 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.