4 Oldridge Road, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4FN
HAV/00HR/MRA/2026/0011 · Dorset · decided 28 Jul 2026
| Rent before the notice | £1,000 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,200 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,160 +16.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Rules | New rules (notice dated on or after 1 May 2026): the tribunal could only confirm or lower the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 has read all the contents of the bundle (the papers), but it limits its discussion and considerations to those points relevant to reach its determination. … Anything over £1,150 pcm is either a maisonette or a house. … From the floor plan provided and the parties’ descriptions, the Tribunal finds that the property is a maisonette. … Of those provided the Tribunal has derived most assistance from that on Netherton Road at £1,150 pcm and has attributed weight to this. However, relying on its own expert knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal has concluded the Netherton Road comparable is inferior to the property and considers that the market rent of the subject, modernised and in good working order, would be in the order of £1,200 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market at the valuation date and if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties, including having white goods and curtains provided by the landlord. … For a relatively new property, circa 10 years since development, the Tribunal would expect it to be in good condition, with modern kitchen and bathroom equipment. There is no evidence before the Tribunal that this is not the case, save the items outlined in paragraphs 15(b) and 15(g) above. …
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.