18 St Johns Square, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 3EY
CHI/23UD/MNR/2024/0169 · Forest of Dean · decided 15 Oct 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £740 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £840 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £480 −35.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 30 Jul 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Jun 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, 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 considered the parties’ submissions and formed the preliminary view that, as a consequence of the purported disrepair of the property, the determined rent may be less than the passing rent. … As the Tribunal considered taking the unusual step of reducing the rent payable, the Tribunal issued directions on the 17 September 2024 to provide the landlord an opportunity to reply to the tenants’ statement on the condition of the property. … The landlord did not provide a response, nor did the tenant. … The Tribunal assesses the rent for the property as at the date of the landlord’s Notice 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. … The Tribunal first turned to the tenants’ evidence. The four comparables provided are seemingly advertised rents to which it is unknown whether the properties have been subject to lettings, or at the agreed level of rent. …
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.