9 Wheal Maria, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8PD
CHI/18UL/MNR/2023/0018 · West Devon · decided 22 Mar 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £520 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £545 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £545 +4.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Feb 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 2 Dec 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 2 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 under an assured tenancy. The personal circumstances of the Parties are not relevant to this issue. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in the Tavistock area the Tribunal decided that the market rent for the subject property if let today in a condition that was usual for such an open market letting would be £900 per month. … However, the Tribunal needs to adjust this figure to take account of the general condition including water ingress, and a leak in the kitchen, which is damaging the floor, and blown plasterwork. … In addition, the Tribunal needs to reflect the Tenant’s improvements including the provision of a new Bathroom and heating. Further deductions should be made from the open market rent to reflect the Tenant’s provision of white goods, carpets and curtains, original bathroom fittings since replaced by the tenant and the dated fittings in the kitchen. …
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.