111 Galleons Drive, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FA
LON/00AB/MNR/2024/0038 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 3 Jun 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £2,000 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,500 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £2,000 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 10 Jan 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 13 Nov 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 |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tenant and Landlord did not provide any comparable evidence. The Landlord’s agent stated in the reply form that the market rent was £2,700 but no evidence was provided to the Tribunal to justify this. The Tribunal used its own expert knowledge of rental values in the area and considered that the open market rent for the property in good tenantable condition would be in the region of £2,300 per calendar month. From this level of rent the Tribunal made adjustments in relation to: • The lighting at the property - the Tenant was unable to replace the light bulbs as the lights were not of a standard fitting. The lighting in the Property in some rooms was therefore unsuitable. • The bathrooms did not have windows and so relied on extractor fans, however these were not working effectively, resulting in mould. • The hob in the kitchen only had two rings working. • There were water marks from water leaks. … The Tribunal determines a rent of £2,000 per calendar month.
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.