Flat 3, 26 Linden Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1DN
HAV/21UG/MNR/2025/0618 · Rother · decided 22 Apr 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £550 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £875 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £470 −14.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Feb 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 Dec 2024 |
| 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
HAV/21UG/MNR/2025/0618 19. Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 applies. The tenant is required to keep the property in the condition at the commencement of the term, fair wear and tear excepted. … From the Tribunal’s inspection, the evidence given by the landlord’s Representative and the photographs provided by the tenant, which have been viewed by the Tribunal, the building in general, both internally and externally, and the property are in very poor condition, with various items of disrepair and outstanding works. … The Tribunal at its inspection noted instances of mould in the property and the ceiling in the bedroom is overlaid with a polystyrene material. … The property is on split levels, which is not ideal and there is no wash hand basin (‘w h b’) in the separate WC. … Accordingly, the Tribunal has concluded adjustments are required to the market rent, which are summarised and set out in its valuation below. … The Tribunal has determined that the property is currently over-rented. … The Tribunal has received no representations from the tenant that the starting date for the new rent specified in the landlord’s notice would cause her undue
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.