4 Felonfield Cottages, Marley Lane, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0RE
HAV/21UG/MNR/2024/0632 · Rother · decided 10 Jan 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £150 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,200 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £540 +260.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 12 Nov 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 9 Oct 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
Having carefully considered all of the evidence and using its knowledge and experience the Tribunal considers that the rent that would be achieved in good condition with refurbished kitchen and bathroom fittings, external maintenance, internal renovation, modern services, and carpets, curtains and white goods supplied by the landlord would be £1,200 per month. The Tribunal did its very best to analyze the comparable evidence provided by the Landlord. The properties submitted were of varying types within a wide geographical radius. This is a relatively individual property in terms of location. Therefore, the Tribunal had to make certain assumptions regarding specification, location, floor area, house type, actual achieved rent value and any market movement compared with the date of valuation. … That however is the rent that would be achieved if the property was let in good condition with all modern amenities. The Tribunal must disregard any increase in rental value attributable to the tenant’s improvements, unless they are carried out under an obligation to the landlord. The Tribunal has been provided with a copy of the tenancy agreement, which incorporates the usual repair obligations. However, the Tribunal is aware there is a potential dispute regarding the payment for clearance of the septic tank. …
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.