17 West View Cottages, Lewes Road, Lindfield, West Sussex, RH16 2LJ
CHI/45UG/MNR/2019/0051 · Mid Sussex · decided 16 Sep 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £840.01 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £975 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £875 +4.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Jul 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 Jun 2019 |
| 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. … 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 carefully considered the information provided by the parties in correspondence and at the Hearing. It also relied on its own knowledge and experience of lettings of similar properties in the general area and determined that the starting point should be £1,050 per month. … However, this rent is on the basis of a letting in good, modernised condition. In this case, a deduction must be made to reflect the fact that the rental bid in present condition would differ from the rent if the house were in good, modernised condition. It is also necessary to adjust for the tenant’s internal decorating covenant. In order to reflect all relevant considerations, the Tribunal has therefore made a deduction of £175 from the starting point of £1,050 per month to produce an adjusted rent of £875 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.