2 Courtlands Tighe cottages, Chilling street, Sharpthorne, West Sussex, RH19 4JE
HAV/45UG/MNR/2026/0170 · Mid Sussex · decided 28 Jul 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,250 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,784 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,425 +14.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 30 Apr 2026 |
| 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
The Tribunal has read all the contents of the bundle (the papers), but it limits its discussion and considerations to those points relevant to reach its determination. … It has attributed weight to each of the three-bedroom cottages referred to. … This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties including having central heating, double glazing, white goods, carpets and curtains provided by the landlord. … The description includes various repairs and works carried out by the tenants, at their expense. … The statutory provisions with respect to repair are within section 11 of the 1985 Act; and are at clause 5.8 of the tenancy agreement. … As the Tribunal has already noted, it has not been provided with a complete copy of the tenancy agreement, page 5 being absent. Further, whilst the landlord contends that the tenants failed to report issues of condition and repair in accordance with the tenancy agreement, the Tribunal has seen no evidence as to when the property was last inspected by the landlord or their agent. In those circumstances, the Tribunal is unable to place significant weight on the landlord’s assertion that any deterioration in the condition of the property is attributable to a failure by the tenants to report such matters. …
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.