Flat 3 Madras Villas, College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PE
LON/00AF/MNR/2023/0385 · Bromley · decided 1 Feb 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,100 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,350 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,280 +16.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Oct 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Aug 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 1 bedroom |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
Much of the tenant’s case at the hearing concerned the high cost of heating the property. However, he had provided to the Tribunal an energy performance certificate dated 20 December 2022 which showed that the property had an energy rating of 63 D and so enabling the property to be let. … To reflect the fact that the property has a large bay window which is only single-glazed and draughty together with the existence of some damp in the kitchen and bedroom we considered a deduction of 5% should be applied. This amounts to a deduction of £67.50 per month. … The Tribunal therefore determined that the market rent was £1,282.50 rounded down to £1,280 per month. … At the hearing the tenant argued that the date of increase should be later than the date specified in the landlord’s notice pursuant to section 14(7) of the Housing Act 1988 as otherwise the increase would cause undue
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.