1 Elm Cottages, Boreham Lane, Boreham Street, Wartling, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1RS
HAV/21UH/MNR/2025/0774 · Wealden · decided 17 Nov 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £750 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,500 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,500 +100.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Sep 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 30 Jul 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 2 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 in the Hailsham area the Tribunal considers that the rent that would be achieved in good condition with good quality kitchen and bathroom fittings, external maintenance, internal refurbishment modern services, and carpets, curtains and white goods supplied by the landlord would be £1,500 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. In conclusion, the Tribunal agreed with the proposed rental level to be set by the landlord. … The Tribunal has every sympathy for the tenant, particularly bearing in mind the type of temporary accommodation provided and the length of time he had to endure. However, the Tribunal is set the task to value the property in accordance with the criteria set out above, and the party’s personal circumstances do not form of the methodology to calculate the rental value. …
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.