62 Swan Walk, Shepperton, Surrey, TW17 8LY
CHI/43UH/MNR/2023/0115 · Spelthorne · decided 6 Jun 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,250 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,700 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,390 +11.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 9 Apr 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 3 Mar 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 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 Tenants are not relevant to this issue. CHI/43UH/MNR/2023/0115 20. Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence including copies of text messages from the Landlord the Tribunal concluded that the Tenants were effectively being denied the use of the central heating system by the Landlord who has refused to repair or replace a control. None of the other statements made by the Tenants had been contradicted or countered by the Landlord. … Having regard to the comparables provided and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Shepperton 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 £1,600 per month. … However the property is not let in a condition that would be normal to command such a rent and a number of adjustments need to be made. …
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.