21 Michael Fields, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5BH
CHI/21UH/MNR/2023/0215 · Wealden · decided 25 Oct 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,750 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,800 +2.9% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 31 Jul 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, 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. … 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 Landlord and Tenant 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 the Forest Row area, 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 £2,000 per month. … However, the property is not let in such a condition as would command this full rent and the Tribunal needs to make some adjustment to this full rent to allow for the slightly dated condition of the fittings and leaking roofs. … The Tribunal has considered very carefully each parties submissions and using its own expertise, considers that a deduction of £200 is appropriate in order to take account of the general lack of refurbishment and the leaking roofs to the main house and conservatory. This reduces the rental figure to £1,800 per month. …
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.