2 Langhurst Manor Farm Cottage, Pook Hill, Chiddingfold, Surrey, GU8 4XR
CHI/43UL/MNR/2019/0002 · Waverley · decided 20 Mar 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £901.33 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,447.33 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,114.97 +23.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Feb 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 28 Dec 2018 |
| 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 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 Tenant are not relevant to this issue. … There has been reference throughout to the parking area. … This document confirms that the parking spaces are not part of the tenancy to be valued and accordingly they have not been taken into account. Any arrangement between a landlord and a tenant of these areas is not part of our deliberations. … The Tenant also raises the question of the alleged agricultural tenancy. As the Landlord says this has already been determined elsewhere and this Tribunal confirms that legal issues of this type are not within its jurisdiction. … Thus in the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let today on the terms and in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. The Tribunal was assisted by the comparables submitted by the Tenant and the Landlord but we also relied on our own knowledge of general rent levels for this type of property in the area. … Much has been made of the rent paid for the adjoining house at £1,500 pcm and whether or not this is a true market rent or a contrived figure. …
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.