41 West Hill, Wmebley, Middlesex, HA9 9RN
LON/00AE/MNR/2023/0211 · Brent · decided 18 Dec 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,300 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,450 +11.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Dec 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 coming to our decision, we relied on the rental comparables provided by the landlord. We accepted that based on the comparables £2650 per month would be an appropriate starting point, taking into account that the asking rent of £2550 was for a semi-detached house in outstanding condition. … However, this house is in a less desirable area and is not in the same condition as those available to let on the open market. It appears that there has been no actual management of the property for a number of years. We therefore adjusted the rent making deductions for the less desirable location, unmodernised kitchen, old gas boiler with leaking pipework, mould in the kitchen and bedrooms, poor external condition, poor condition of the driveway and garage doors. We are of the opinion that these matters require a deduction of £1200 leaving a market rent of £1450 per month. … We determine that the open market rent of the property as at 1 May 2023 is £1450 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.