Flat 13, Greenwich House, 30-34 Arthur Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 2EN
HAV/29UN/MNR/2024/0647 · Thanet · decided 10 Feb 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £700 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £725 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £725 +3.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 10 Dec 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 Nov 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, 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
The Tribunal was provided with no evidence as to comparable rents in the area and could only rely on its own experience and knowledge. … The rent of £700 per month had been agreed between the parties for the previous rental period. In the circumstances the Tribunal considered that an increase of £25 per month for the rent was in line with general rental market increases and the new rent was in line with other properties advertised to rent in the area, and as such determined that the new rent of £725 per month might reasonably be expected to be agreed between a willing landlord and tenant. … 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 £725 per month should take effect from 10th December 2024, 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.