40 Manor Grove, Martinstown, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JD
CHI/19UH/MNR/2023/0075 · Dorset · decided 31 May 2023
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £433.46 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £481.56 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £659.97 +52.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 10 Apr 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 23 Feb 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, 1 bedroom |
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. Market rents are normally expressed as a monthly figure. 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 and around Dorchester, 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 £725 per month. This takes into account the lack of amenities. … However, the property is not let on the same terms as a normal open market letting and a number of adjustments need to be made to reflect this, although the Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either party. …
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.