47 Steyning Crescent, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 4QF
CHI/45UF/MNR/2019/0026 · Horsham · decided 3 Jun 2019
old ruleshousing association / affordable rentfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £488.19 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £649.61 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £649.61 +33.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 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; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
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 this case to the increase in service charge costs. The Tribunal has jurisdiction to determine a rent in the market. Although the total charge made to the Tenant includes a services element the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to interfere with this element of the rent. … 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 so we relied on our own knowledge of general rent levels for this type of property in the area. … The rentals for other assured tenancies would also include the benefit of the services included with the subject property so no further adjustment is required for this. Having regard to this we determined that the starting point for a purpose built flat should be £167.00 per week. …
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.