134 Ford Road, Dagenham, RM9 6LS
LON/00AB/MNR/2023/0209 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 26 Jan 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £900 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,072.50 +19.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 7 Apr 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 2 Mar 2023 |
| 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
In the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. … Neither party provided any comparable evidence for the Tribunal to consider, the tenant making informal reference to a property they had viewed nearby, and the landlord providing a link that simply lead to a Rightmove search. … The Tribunal therefore considered the value of the property in light of its local knowledge and experience. The Tribunal formed the view that, at the proposed rental increase date, the property would have commanded a rent in the region of £1,950 per calendar month, were it let – with an accessible rear garden - in the open market in the condition and on the terms considered usual for such a letting. … This hypothetical rent is adjusted as necessary to allow for the differences between the terms and conditions considered usual for such a letting and the condition of the actual property at the date of the determination. Any rental benefit derived from Tenant’s improvements is disregarded. … The tenant had submitted that the landlord was responsible for all repairs at the property (saving damage caused by the tenant), though at the hearing accepted they were unaware of whether that was contractually correct. …
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.