Upper Maisonette, 94 Bohemia Road, St. Leonards, East Sussex, TN37 6RN
CHI/21UD/MNR/2021/0056 · Hastings · decided 15 Jul 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £446.33 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £450 +0.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 5 Jun 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 26 Apr 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 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. CHI/21UD/MNR/2021/0056 18. 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 as at the date of the Tribunal. The personal circumstances of the Landlord nor Tenant are not relevant to this issue. … In the absence of any evidence from the parties the Tribunal could only rely on its own research judgement and knowledge of rental values in Hastings. Having done so it 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 £750 per month. … In law the absence of a valid EPC would preclude the property from being let without the Landlord becoming liable for a possible prosecution and fine, but that does not reduce the rental value to nil. The present Tenant pays an established rent for the accommodation in its present condition. … The Tribunal is also mindful of the condition of the property and the substantial works that are necessary to refurbish the accommodation which were last estimated at £95,000. …
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.