82 Rotterdam Towers, International Way, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 9NT
HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/0827 · Southampton · decided 13 Feb 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £460 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £700 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £700 +52.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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
Having consideration of the very limited evidence provided by the parties and our own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the Southampton area area, we consider that the open market rent for the property in good lettable condition with modern fittings and services would be £775 per month. … Next, the Tribunal needs to adjust that hypothetical rent of £775 per month to allow for the dated kitchen and bathroom fittings and decorations. 8.The Tribunal has considered very carefully the evidence provided in the photographs. Using its own expertise, the Tribunal considers that a deduction of £75 per month from the hypothetical rent. This reduces the figure to £700 per month. … It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based upon capital costs but is the Tribunal’s estimate of the amount by which the rent would need to be reduced to attract a tenant.
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.