26 Barncroft, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8RU
CHI/43UL/MNR/2024/0020 · Waverley · decided 4 Mar 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,125 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,225 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,200 +6.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Feb 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 Dec 2023 |
| 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 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 Parties are not relevant to this issue. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties and associated correspondence and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Farnham, 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 £1,350 per month. … However, the property is not in a condition to command such a rent and a number of deductions are necessary to reflect the accepted poor condition of the kitchen and other general wants of repair throughout the house. CHI/43UL/MNR/2024/0020 22. Using its experience the Tribunal decided that the poor condition of the kitchen merited a deduction of £100 per month and other general wants of repair a deduction of £50 per month. A total deduction of £150 per month. …
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.