3 & 4 Fairview Cottages, Back Road, Sandurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5JT
CHI/29UQ/MNR/2022/0113 · Tunbridge Wells · decided 8 Dec 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £657.92 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,025 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £920 +39.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Oct 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 5 Aug 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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 determines a market rent for a property by reference to rental values generally and to the rental values for comparable properties in the locality in particular. It does not take into account the present rent and the period of time which that rent has been charged, nor does it take into account the percentage increase which the proposed rent represents to the passing rent. In addition, the legislation makes it clear that the Tribunal cannot take into account the personal circumstances of either the landlord or the tenant. … The Tribunal assesses the rent for the property as at the date of the landlord’s Notice and on the terms of the extant tenancy. The Tribunal disregards any improvements made by the tenant, but takes into account the impact on rental value of disrepair which is not due to a failure of the tenant to comply with the terms of the tenancy. … In determining the rent, the Tribunal has regard to any evidence supplied by the parties and the Tribunal’s own general knowledge of market rental levels in the wider area. … Such rating is lower than that required to let a property unless an exemption has been registered. The Tribunal undertook no investigation in this regard however the poor rating was taken into account. …
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.