Apartment 8, 2 Bonita Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7AW
CHI/40UC/MNR/2024/0019 · Somerset · decided 10 Apr 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £815 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £915 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £915 +12.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Feb 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 2 Jan 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 subject property is a recently constructed flat in a good location in the town. In the absence of interior photographs, the Tribunal does not consider that any historic ceiling water staining would affect rent, nor the defective ensuite extractor fan. … As to comparables, the Tribunal does not place weight on the outlying comparables being the highest and lowest rents. Nor does it place weight on the coach house comparables as they have a different character. It also places less weight on Marsa Way, as this a town centre location. It finds that the best comparables are those in Crusader Close and Lords Way each with asking terms of £925 per month. … In view of the fact that these are asking terms only, it finds that the market rent in accordance with the Act is £915 per month, effective from the 21 February 2024, being the start date on the section 13 notice.
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.