Anfian, Church Road, Moorland, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AX
CHI/40UC/MNR/2024/0104 · Somerset · decided 15 Jul 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £770 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,095 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £877.50 +14.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 5 Feb 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated evidence. the Tribunal considers that an achievable rent for the property in a good marketable condition with reasonably modern kitchen and bathroom fittings, modern services, would be £1,350 per month. … This open market rental value needs to be adjusted to reflect the tenants’ improvements, general repair and the tenants’ provision of carpets, curtains and white goods. Using our own expertise, we considered that deductions of 35% should be applied to take into account these matters. This provides a deduction of £472.50 per month from the open market rent. This reduces the figure to £877.50 per month. It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based upon capital costs but is the Tribunal’s estimate of the amount by which the rent would need to be reduced to attract a tenant. … The rent increases are due to insufficient properties coming to the market to meet demand and the number of homes for rent is 46 per cent below 2019 levels. This puts this decision in context with the current rental market. … The Tribunal has been provided with a copy of the tenancy agreement, which incorporates the usual repair obligations. …
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.