288, Bexley Lane, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 4JG
LON/00AD/MNR/2025/0968 · Bexley · decided 13 Jul 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,400 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,250 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,600 +14.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Sep 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Aug 2025 |
| 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’s task is to determine the market rent of the subject property at the relevant valuation date. That date is the date that is proposed as the start date of any new rent in the Landlord’s Notice of Increase. In this case that date is 28 September 2026. The Tribunal should take account of the condition of the property as at that date. It is appreciated that the Landlord has undertaken work after the valuation date in December 2025. It is clear that on the valuation date the property suffered from some disrepair and in particular the problems with mould/damp penetration/flooding from the shower room and in the small bedroom, a defective central heating system, defective shower room and the garage which is unusable and with an asbestos roof, concerns about electrical safety and that the windows and doors needed some maintenance. These are factors that the Tribunal considers would cause a prospective tenant to adjust their rental bid. The Tribunal found the external woodwork in need of maintenance, but we do not consider this would cause a prospective tenant to adjust their bid. … The evidence of the local Housing Allowance rates for Bexley does not assist the Tribunal to determine what is the market rent for the property. …
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.