Flat 12, 18-20 Downs Park, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6BY
HAV/29UC/MNR/2025/0824 · Canterbury · decided 14 Jan 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £650 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £750 +15.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 16 Oct 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 given consideration to the comparable evidence provided by the parties and of its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal determines that the open market rent for the property in good tenantable condition and at the date specified in the notice would be £800 per calendar month/week. … Such a tenancy would normally include white goods, carpets, curtains/blinds and associated fittings to all be provided by the Landlord. … In this case the Landlord’s Agent recognises that there is a hole in the bath which is to be replaced and that there is a damp issue in the bathroom which will need involvement from the block management company. HAV/29UC/MNR/2025/0824 10. Accordingly, the Tribunal has adjusted the full ‘open market rent’ to account for these repair issues. … The Tribunal therefore decided that the rent at which the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing Landlord under the terms of this assured tenancy was £750 per month. … The Tenant made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the Tenant undue hardship. … Accordingly, the Tribunal directed that the new rent of £750 per month should take effect from 11th December 2025, this being the date specified in the notice.
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.