Flat 3, Dousland House, Dousland, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6NW
CHI/18UL/MNR/2023/0275 · West Devon · decided 25 Mar 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £650 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £995 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £890 +36.9% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Dec 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 3 Nov 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 under an assured tenancy at the date of the decision. 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 south Devon, 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 £1,000 per month. CHI/18UL/MNR/2023/0275 23. However, the property is not let in the same condition or with the same fittings as would be normal in an open market letting, so a number of adjustments to this open market rent need to be made. … The Tribunal needs to reflect the Tenant’s provision of some white goods, curtains and replacement flooring as well as general wants of repair as evidenced by photographs and video provided. …
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.