7 Wyatt House, Wyatt Close, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0BP
CHI/45UD/MNR/2019/0012 · Chichester · decided 25 Jun 2019
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £522.40 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £536.01 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £535 +2.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 20 Feb 2019 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 1 bedroom |
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 either party are not relevant to this issue. … The Tribunal noted that the charge for services had increased over the years. … The Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine a rent in the market. … Whatever the charge made for services, (whether higher, lower or the same), the total rent determined by the Tribunal in this decision would be the same. … The Tribunal was not assisted by the Landlord which failed to follow Directions and did not take the opportunity to participate in proceedings. The Tribunal is forced to rely on the Tenant’s representations and its own knowledge and experience. … 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. Neither party provided details of other lettings on which a market rent assessment could be based although the Tenant did suggest rental levels that he thought appropriate. In the absence of any evidence we relied on our own knowledge of general rent levels for this type of property in the area. …
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.