169 Banister House, Homerton High St, London, E9 6BW
LON/00AM/MNR/2023/0357 · Hackney · decided 31 Oct 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,575 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,000 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,653.75 +5.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Sep 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 31 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, 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
It states, The Landlord and Tenant may renew this contract for a term to be fixed and agreed mutually at the time of renewal and may, at that time, vary any terms and conditions contained herein and there will be a 5% cap on the rent increase for an additional 12 months. … So the first thing the Tribunal must decide is: should this clause be considered, when calculating the rent in accordance with the Act. The rent review clause provides a clearly set out mechanism to determine the rent and surely it was what each party contemplated when a rent review takes place. The Tribunal must be obliged to take into consideration this clause in the agreement. Clause 1 must be a relevant consideration in the calculation of the rent review and cannot be put to one side. For these reasons the Tribunal will carry out two calculations and the lesser of the two will be the new rental figure. … Firstly, having consideration of the parties’ comparable evidence together with our own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the HoMerton area, we consider that the open market rent for the property in its current condition would be £1,850 per month. From this level of rent we have made no adjustments in relation to condition. … The 5% capped increase provides a rental figure of £1,653.75 per month. … The Tribunal determines a rent of £1,653.75 per calendar month.
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.