9 West Street, Ilchester, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8NN
HAV/40UD/MNR/2025/0600 · Somerset · decided 10 Mar 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £550 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £600 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £680 +23.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 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 | 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
Such a tenancy would normally include white goods, central heating, carpets, curtains/blinds and associated fittings, all to be provided by the Landlord. … The Tribunal has determined these works are those the Landlords are responsible for in any event. … In their Application, the Tenants have given details of various works they have carried out, which are outlined at paragraph 10 above. The Tenants are responsible for internal decorations (fair wear and tear excepted) only. Accordingly, some adjustments to the market rent are necessary. … The Tenants made no representation that the starting date for the new rent specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause them undue hardship. HAV/40UD/MNR/2025/0600 19. … This being the date specified in the Landlord’s Notice proposing a new rent. … The new rent is higher than the sum of £600 per month sought by the Landlord in their Notice. It is at the Landlord’s discretion whether to seek in payment from their Tenants the Tribunal’s decision, or that sum which was applied for in their 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.