Flat 2, 30 Norfolk Road, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 2HY
CHI/29UN/MNR/2023/0153 · Thanet · decided 7 Aug 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £550 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £815 +48.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 30 May 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 it decided that it could do so. … The Tribunal cannot decide whether, in accordance with the lease, or not any rent is payable, nor can it decide what rent should have been payable when the Tenant was in alternative accommodation. … 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 at the date it makes its decision. In this case on 7th August 2023. The personal circumstances of the Parties are not relevant to this issue. CHI/29UN/MNR/2023/0153 22. Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence, and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Margate, 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 in a condition that is usual or expected for an open market letting. The Tribunal needs to reflect the Tenant’s provision of some white goods and curtains and the lack of any flooring to the lower accommodation. …
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.