Loders Cottage, Woodcutts Lane, Gaunts, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4JJ
CHI/19UD/MNR/2022/0021 · Dorset · decided 13 Jun 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | not stated |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,500 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,093.75 |
| New rent takes effect | 13 Mar 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 11 Feb 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, 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 determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. It does not take into account the present rent and the period of time which that rent has been charged, nor does it take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the existing rent. In addition, the legislation makes it clear that the Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either the landlord or the tenant. … The Tribunal assesses a rent for the property as it is on the day of the hearing, disregarding any improvements made by the tenant but taking into account the impact on rental value of disrepair which is not due to a failure of the tenant to comply with the terms of the tenancy. … In determining the rent, the Tribunal has regard to the evidence supplied by the parties and the Tribunal’s own general knowledge of market rent levels in the wider area. … The Tenant’s comparables were undated. The Tribunal was therefore unclear as to whether these properties were currently advertised to let or whether they were historic lets and, if so, what rent was achieved and on what date. … In regard to the Tenant’s upward adjustment of the rent by reference to published indices, the Tribunal in making its determination has no regard to the passing rent. …
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.