3 Wycliffe Road, Laira, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6BZ
HAV/00HG/MNR/2025/0705 · Plymouth · decided 28 Aug 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £450 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £640 +42.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 17 Jun 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 14 May 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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 first considered whether it felt able to reasonably and fairly decide this case based on the papers submitted and inspection only with no oral hearing. … 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, and the Tribunal is bound to assess the rent given the condition of the property as seen during the inspection. … The Tribunal found the external decoration to be in poor condition as evidenced by flaking paintwork to fascia boards and render, and there are a number of settlement cracks evident both internally and externally. … The Tribunal found the kitchen fittings to be dated and there are general wants of repair internally. The Tenant is responsible for keeping the interior and internal decorations in reasonable order but not for actual redecoration. … Having carefully considered the representations from the parties, the associated correspondence, and using its own judgement and knowledge of rental values in Plymouth, 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 £800 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.