1 Lyncombe Close, Exeter, Devon, EX4 5EJ
CHI/18UC/MNR/2020/0063 · Exeter · decided 9 Oct 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | £854 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £897 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £897 +5.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Jul 2020 |
| 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. … Thus 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. … The Tribunal noted the comparables provided by the Landlord’s representatives comprising five in total but with three comparables on the same estate. The evidence provided by the Agents indicates that rent levels on the estate increased of late. The Tenants did not provide any evidence relating to comparable rental properties in the area 31. … Determination 32. The Tribunal has no power to alter the terms of a tenancy and therefore determines the rent at which the property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this Assured Tenancy. … Whilst the Tribunal considers that the property would let for £1,000 per calendar month in AST condition to reflect the above differences a deduction of £103 per calendar month has been applied leading to this determination of £897 per calendar 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.