61 Richmond Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 7QF
LON/00AH/MNR/2019/0079 · Croydon · decided 23 Aug 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,225.03 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,300 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,161.33 −5.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 8 Jul 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 30 May 2019 |
| 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 landlord’s comparables were provided in summary form only from what appeared to be an internet search. Nonetheless, the tribunal accepts as a starting point a rent of £1,550 per calendar month for the subject property having regard to the mid-terrace comparables provided. However, this would be on the basis of a modern letting as an assured shorthold tenancy reflecting the current conditions in the property. … Furthermore, the tenant has made substantial improvements to the property since 1992 which the tribunal has to disregard when assessing rent by virtue of section 14(2) and (3) of the Housing Act 1988 (see above). In addition, the tenant’s obligations of repair are greater than those normally found in an assured shorthold tenancy, as there is an express tenants’ repairing covenant in relation to the interior of the property under clause 4(5) of the 2002 tenancy agreement. In addition, the tenant has provided white goods which would normally be provided by the landlord in an assured shorthold tenancy. For these reasons, the tribunal considered that an adjustment of 25% was necessary giving an adjusted monthly rent of £1,162.50. This equates to £268.29 per week, say £268 per week. … Therefore, the tribunal determined that the new rent should be £268 per week with effect from 8 July 2019 being the commencement date specified in the section 13 notice.
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.