Flat 3, 52 Earls Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HB
CHI/29UL/MNR/2021/0020 · Folkestone and Hythe · decided 22 Apr 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £580 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £650 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £650 +12.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Mar 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Feb 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, 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 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 which the Tribunal must disregard. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Folkestone 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 £700 per month. … However the property is not in a condition that would command such a rent. The Tribunal was concerned that not all windows can be opened and the main entrance door cannot be locked. There is mould growth in at least two rooms. Curtains are not provided by the Landlord and the common areas are said to be tired and neglected. CHI/29UL/MNR/2021/0020 18. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue
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.