5 Abbey Grove, Abbey Wood, London SE2 9EU

From the tribunal's valuation

Section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 requires the Tribunal to determine the rent at which it considers the Property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market by a willing landlord under an assured tenancy, on the terms of the subject tenancy other than as to rent, and disregarding the matters set out in section 14(2). Those disregards include any effect on the rent attributable to the fact that the Tenants are sitting tenants, and any increase in value attributable to a relevant improvement carried out by the Tenant. … The Tribunal is grateful to both parties for the evidence they have provided. The comparable evidence relied upon by the Landlord and Tenant consists of an advertised asking rent rather than achieved rent. Asking rents are of assistance in establishing the tone of the market but they are not conclusive, since a property can only, since 1 May 2026, let at that, or a figure below the rent at which it was advertised. Advertised rents are now therefore the maximum amounts that a landlord can achieve. The Determination and Valuation 18. Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the Abbey Wood area together with the comparable evidence provided by the parties the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject property modernised and in good condition would be in the order of £2,200 per month. …

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