Flat C, 70 Ashford Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3TB
CHI/21UC/MNR/2023/0184 · Eastbourne · decided 21 Sep 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £625 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £650 +4.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 24 Aug 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 Jun 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 found as a matter of fact that the notice served by the landlord was a Notice under section 13 of the Act as prescribed by statute. … The Tribunal determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and, in particular, to the rental values for comparable properties in the immediate locality. The Tribunal has no regard to the current rent and the period of time which that rent has been charged, nor does the Tribunal take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the passing rent. … The legislation makes it clear that the Tribunal is unable to account for the personal circumstances of either the landlord or the tenant in determining the rent. … The Tribunal assesses the rent for the property as at the date of the landlord’s Notice, whilst ignoring any market increase or decrease since such date and on the terms of the extant tenancy. The Tribunal disregards any improvements made by the tenant but has regard to 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 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 in the condition that is considered usual for such a 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.