14a Winchmore Hill Road, London N14 6PT
LON/00AK/MNR/2024/0371 · Enfield · decided 21 Nov 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,345 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,995 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,645 +22.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 4 Aug 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 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
In determining as a starting point what rent the property would be let as if in similar condition to those we used as comparables, we accepted the landlord’s evidence that this property was at least somewhat more attractive to renters than those among the comparables that were in blocks of flats. Nonetheless, we considered that rent achieved on letting is a more reliable guide than marketed rent. We accept the landlord’s evidence of a case in which the marketed rent had been achieved on letting, but consider that the preponderance of evidence – both in this context and more generally – was that there was a moderate reduction between marketed rent and that at which a property was let. … Taking into account our findings, as indicated above, and the comparable properties before us, we consider that the starting point is £1,825. … We have set out our findings above as to the factors that show that the property is not in the condition of the comparables. Taking them as a whole, we consider that they reduce the market rent for the property in the condition it now is by 10%. We round the rent we determine to £1645.
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.