The Old School, The Green, Manaton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 9UJ
CHI/18UH/MNR/2023/0205 · Teignbridge · decided 9 Oct 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £600 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £695 +15.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 26 Jul 2023 |
| 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 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 CHI/18UH/MNR/2023/0205 under an assured tenancy as at the date of the Notice. The personal circumstances of the Parties are not relevant to this issue. … In this case there is a clear difference between the parties as to the form of heating to the property. … In the absence of any evidence to the contrary the Tribunal finds that the Tenants, who say there is no central heating, are likely to know the property best. In addition, there is no evidence of any heating in the photographs provided. The Tribunal therefore assesses the property based on there being no central heating system. … However, the property is not in a condition nor is it let on terms to command such a rent and a number of adjustments to this open market rent of £1,150 per month need to be made. … 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. Determination 26. …
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.