72 Northgate Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1YA
HAV/45UE/MNR/2024/0601 · Crawley · decided 11 Nov 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,450 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,680 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,600 +10.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Oct 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 22 Aug 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, 3 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, carpets, curtains/blinds and associated fittings to all be provided by the Landlord. … In this case the property is not let in such condition with curtains supplied in all rooms, so some adjustments to the ‘open market rent’ are necessary. The Tribunal decided that an adjustment of £50 per month for the lack of some curtains and general disrepair. … 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 £1,600 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 £1,600 per month should take effect from 1st October 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.