117 Bynes Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 0PZ
LON/00AH/MNR/2024/0502 · Croydon · decided 15 Jan 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £940 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,000 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £990 +5.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Aug 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 26 Jun 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 2 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 starting point is to determine the rent which the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property in the open market in the condition considered usual for a modern letting (“the initial valuation”). … There was no specific comparable rental evidence from the Tenant. The Landlord’s agent commented that the rent applied for was below market level, but provided no comparable evidence. When calculating the initial valuation, the FTT decided to rely upon its own knowledge and experience. … A property with similar size and location with small bedrooms, no off street parking but refurbished and in good tenantable condition would have a market rent of £1,650.00 per calendar month. … We deduct 40% to allow for the difference in the tenancy, including the provision of carpets, curtains and white goods, a dated kitchen, a replacement bathroom without adequate heating (provided by the Tenant), and the items of disrepair reported by the Tenant. … The Landlord's agent indicated in their late submissions that they had carried out removal of asbestos from the bathroom and had replaced the bathroom accordingly. The Tenant stated that the new bathroom still had defects and remained inadequately heated, and that he bought a bathroom heater. Also, there was disrepair to the kitchen installed approx 40 years ago. …
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.