Flat D, Avenay Court, 217 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2LN
CHI/29UL/MNR/2024/0066 · Folkestone and Hythe · decided 30 Apr 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £900 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,050 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,010 +12.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 May 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 9 Mar 2024 |
| 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 Parties are not relevant to this issue. CHI/29UL/MNR/2024/0066 21. Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence, and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in the Folkestone area, 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 £1,100 per month. … The Tribunal considers that this market rent should be reduced to reflect the absence of a fridge or washing machine, the dated Bathroom and general disrepair as described by the Tenant. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. Determination 25. …
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.