1 Sussex Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1SJ
CHI/29UD/MNR/2021/0006 · Dartford · decided 10 May 2021
old rulesfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £530 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,100 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £650 +22.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Feb 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 5 Oct 2020 |
| 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; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
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/29UD/MNR/2021/0006 16. 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 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 Dartford 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 £800 per month. … However the property is not let in a condition that would be expected in the open market so the Tribunal decided that an adjustment to the rent in the sum of £25 per month should be made to reflect the dated Bathroom, £25 per month for the Kitchen being part of the main Living Room and £40 per month to reflect the poor carpet in the Living room. … In addition, the Tribunal needs to reflect within the rent the Tenant’s provision of white goods, curtains and blinds. …
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.