3 Fastnet Close, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 6UW
CHI/21UC/MNR/2019/0029 · Eastbourne · decided 3 Jun 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £750 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £760 +1.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Apr 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Feb 2019 |
| 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 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 Tenant are not relevant to this issue. … There has been reference throughout to the insulation at the property. It is clear from our inspection that the construction is below modern standards and this is reflected in: The form of construction with some walls of timber, plasterboard & cladding; the type of heating and the minimal roof insulation. The Estate itself is below standard with narrow, un-adopted roads with tight corners and little off-street parking. … There is a misunderstanding regarding services. The Tenants correctly stated that there are no services provided by the Landlord to them. The service charges paid by the Landlord are to the Estate owner for maintenance of roadways etc. and are not services to be taken into account under the Act. … Thus in the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let today on the terms and in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. …
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.