Bolney Stage Cottage, London Road, Bolney, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5RL
CHI/45UG/MNR/2024/0141 · Mid Sussex · decided 22 Oct 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £575 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,190 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £930 +61.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jul 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 14 May 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
Having carefully considered all of the evidence provided by the parties, and using its knowledge and experience the Tribunal considers that the rent that would be achieved in good condition with refurbished kitchen and bathroom fittings, a good standard external maintenance, internal renovation, modern services, and carpets, curtains and white goods supplied by the landlord would be £1,550 per month. The Tribunal did its very best to analyse the comparable evidence provided by the Landlord. He provided 4 comparables of varying types within a wide geographical radius. This is a relatively individual property in terms of location and type. Therefore, the Tribunal had to make certain adjustments regarding specification, location, floor area and house type. … That however is the rent that would be achieved if the property was let in good condition with all modern amenities. In order to determine a rental value, the Tribunal must disregard any increase in rental value attributable to the tenant’s improvements, unless they are carried out under an obligation to the landlord. The Tribunal has not been provided with a copy of the tenancy agreement, and therefore must assume it incorporates the usual repair obligations. …
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.