Room 1, 12 Wilton Road, Barnet EN4 9DX
LON/00AC/MNR/2025/0841 · Barnet · decided 8 Dec 2025
old rulesroom in shared housebills included| Rent before the notice | £600 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £700 +16.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 May 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | room |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
In our judgment, the tenant’s room is a double bedroom, not a single bedroom. The reason for our decision are that by section 326(3) of the Housing Act 1985, a room that measures at least 110 ft2 is a double bedroom. The tenant’s case is that her room measures 10.4m2, which is 112 ft2. Accordingly, we consider it is a double bedroom. The tenant accepts that her room accommodates a double bed, and the photographic evidence indicates it does so comfortably, leaving adequate space. … We found the tenant’s comparable evidence to be the most persuasive because it features another double room in the subject property, advertised at £700 around the time the notice proposing an increase in rent was sent. … Although the landlord claims the comparable property is the smallest room within the subject property, it is advertised as a double bedroom. The other comparable relied on by the tenant was of limited assistance because that was a property shared with a resident landlord, and so is not directly comparable with a large HMO. … We do not consider the tenant’s complaints regarding the condition of the subject property would impact on the rent achievable in the open market. Most of the complaints are relatively minor. … The specific comparable properties relied on by the landlord are also less persuasive. …
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.