2 Carver Cottages, Barford Lane, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3PX
HAV/00HY/MNR/2024/0515 · Wiltshire · decided 22 Oct 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £680 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,180 +73.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 18 Sep 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Aug 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
If this clause were to be extant the Tribunal would have no jurisdiction in this matter. As the original tenancy expired on 17th August 2024 the tenancy is now a Statutory Periodic Tenancy. … Having given consideration to the comparable evidence provided by the parties and of its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal determines that the open market rent for the property in good tenable condition would be in the region of £1,300 per calendar month. … Such a tenancy would normally include white goods, carpets and curtains/blinds to all be provided by the Landlord, and the property to be in good condition. … In this case the property is not let in such condition as only a cooker is provided in the kitchen and many of the double-glazed window units are ‘blown. The Tenant also refers to several general maintenance issues that are outstanding. Accordingly, the Tribunal adjusted the full open market rent to reflect these. … The Tribunal therefore decided that the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this assured tenancy would be £1,180. … The Tribunal is required to assess a full open market rent but notes that the landlord in this case is a charitable trust that does not charge full open market rent. …
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.