15 Lapis Close, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4UE
CHI/29UG/MNR/2023/0135 · Gravesham · decided 7 Aug 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £630 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £835 +32.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Jul 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 24 Apr 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 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 and videos 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 Parties 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 Gravesend and north Kent, 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 £900 per month. … However, the property is not let on the same basis as a normal open market letting. The Tribunal decided that the rent should be adjusted by £30 to reflect the Tenant’s provision of white goods, £10 to reflect the provision of curtains and £25 per month to reflect the poor insulation and resulting mould growth. CHI/29UG/MNR/2023/0135 21. … The Tribunal did not consider that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. Determination 23. …
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.