189 Brandy Lane, Chiswell, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1AP
CHI/19UJ/MNR/2023/0110 · Dorset · decided 22 Jun 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £600 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £850 +41.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 7 Apr 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Mar 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, 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
CHI/19UJ/MNR/2023/0110 21. 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. … The Tribunal does not consider that the provision of any furniture would have any material effect on the rent achievable. … However, the property is not let in a condition that would be normal for an open market letting so some adjustments to this full rent 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 27. The Tribunal therefore decided that the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this assured tenancy was £850 per month. … The Tribunal directed that the new rent of £850 per month should take effect from 7th April 2023, this being the date specified in the notice.
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.