5 Priory Close, Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1QX
CHI/18UE/MNR/2024/0138 · North Devon · decided 30 Dec 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £825 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £875 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £825 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 2 Jul 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 16 May 2024 |
| 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 given consideration to the comparable evidence provided by the parties and of its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal determines that the open market rent for the property in good tenable condition would be £925 per calendar month. … Such a tenancy would normally include white goods, carpets, curtains/blinds and associated fittings to all be provided by the Landlord. … In this case the property is not let in such condition or with a fridge and washing machine included, so some adjustments to the ‘open market rent’ are necessary. In particular the Tribunal has made the adjustments for Tenant’s provision of fridge and washing machine, and a further adjustment to reflect general wants of repair including worn and damaged carpets, dated kitchen, some mould at first floor level, defective rear door, and broken meter box door. … The Tribunal therefore decided that the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this assured tenancy was £825 per month. This is the same as the present rent. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. …
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.