27 James Avenue, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 4PD
CHI/21UH/MNR/2024/0065 · Wealden · decided 30 Apr 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,100 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £960 +20.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 25 Apr 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 8 Mar 2024 |
| 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. CHI/21UH/MNR/2024/0065 21. 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 decided that the third first floor room of about 70 sq. ft would constitute a third Bedroom and the rent should be assessed on this basis. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence, and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in East Sussex, 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 £1,250 per month. … However, the property is not in a condition to command such a full market rent and a number of adjustments are necessary to reflect its condition and the dated Kitchen and Bathroom. … 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. …
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.