Flat 2, 1076a Harrow Road, London, NW10 5NL
LON/00AE/MNR/2022/0181 · Brent · decided 9 May 2023
old rulesbills included| Rent before the notice | £693 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,170 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £925 +33.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 5 Nov 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, studio |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The first step is to calculate the rental figure without the inflation-based rent review clause (clause 9). Having carefully considered all the evidence, and using its knowledge and experience the Tribunal considers that the rent that would be achieved in good condition with refurbished kitchen and bathroom fittings, internal renovation, modern services, an carpets, curtains, functioning white goods supplied by the landlord would be £1050 per month. The photographs of Flat 5 1076A Harrow Road, confirm this flat is larger and has a far superior internal specification. Therefore, this certainly confirms the Tribunal’s opinion of open market rental value. … That however is the rent that would be achieved if the property was let in good condition with all modern amenities. The Tribunal must disregard any increase in rental value attributable to any tenant’s improvements, unless they are carried out under an obligation to the landlord. The Tribunal has been provided with a copy of the tenancy agreement, which incorporates the usual repair obligations. … Based upon the evidence provided to the Tribunal we consider that that the rent should be reduced by £125 to reflect the need for internal refurbishment and upgrade of services. Our deduction reduces the rent to a figure of £925 per 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.