Flat 6, Captain Webbs, 161-165 Folkestone Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9SZ
CHI/29UE/MNR/2021/0122 · Dover · decided 9 Dec 2021
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £530 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £565 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £565 +6.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 11 Dec 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 Oct 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, 1 bedroom |
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 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 Dover, the Tribunal decided that the market rent for CHI/29UE/MNR/2021/0122 the subject property if let today in a condition that was usual for such an open market letting would be £580 per month. … However, the fridge, washing machine and curtains are provided by the Tenant which would not normally be the case for an open market letting. The Tribunal decided that the rent of £580 per month should be reduced by £10 per month to reflect the Tenant’s provision of a fridge and washing machine, and a further £5 per month to reflect the Tenant’s provision of curtains. … The Tribunal noted that the floorcoverings need attention in places but decided to make no further adjustments to the 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.