106 Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7NZ
HAV/00LC/MNR/2026/0031 · Medway · decided 14 May 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,060 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,260 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,220 +15.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 Jan 2026 |
| 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
The Tribunal carefully considered the evidence provided. … He had stated that he expended £8,500 on the kitchen but this was just for some tiling, an oven, hob and extractor. He claimed he had spent £4,500 on the bathroom, but this was just for some tiling, and he claimed he had spent £13,000 on the garden but this appeared to be just for a limited area of paving slabs. … The Tribunal determined that these figures were fanciful and did not consider that replacing grass in the back garden with paving would necessarily be regarded as an improvement. … The Tribunal also considered the submissions about mould, silver fish and mice infestation. From the photographs provided and the Landlord’s comments the Tribunal considered that these were most likely to be due to lifestyle rather than defects in the property. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparables provided, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £1,300 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties including having white goods, flooring and curtains provided by the landlord. …
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.