79A High Street, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0AG
HAV/21UG/MNR/2026/0090 · Rother · decided 10 Sep 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £485 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,000 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £675 +39.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 10 Mar 2026 |
| 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
Given the Property is situate in part of a semi-detached building, albeit the rear does not extend as far back as 80 High Street, there should have been adequate opportunity for very close comparables. Only the Landlord had provided written evidence of a comparable taken from the wider Battle area. … From the oral evidence and submissions, the second-floor flat at 80 High Street is substantially larger than the Property. We were not taken to photographs of the interiors of any of the flats in 79 and 80 High Street. The two comparables from 79 and 80 High Street in written evidence were both unfurnished. … We were not taken to any evidence as to the rental value of the first floor flat of 80 High Street which might be considered the closest possible comparable, but we note the fact it does not extend as far back as the Property. … Absent evidence otherwise, we proceed on the basis that the written and oral comparables were all in modernised condition. … Relying on its own expertise and general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparables provided by the Landlord and Tenant, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £825 pcm. …
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.