53 Castlewood Road, Stamford Hill , London, N16 6DJ
LON/00AM/MNR/2023/0467 · Hackney · decided 15 Feb 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,100 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,500 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,250 +13.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 3 Nov 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, 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
Having consideration of our own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the Stamford Hill area, we consider that the open market rent for the property in good lettable condition with modern fittings and services would be £2,500 per month. Using our own expertise, we considered that deductions of 50% should applied to take into account the terms of the tenancy, and the condition of the property. The property is suffering from severe damp and mould due to neglect to the fabric of the building. There is partial central heating. The kitchen and sanitary fittings are very dated and there is significant cracking to wall plaster. All in all, this property is in need of significant refurbishment and upgrade of services., This provides a deduction of £1,250 per month from the hypothetical rent. This reduces the figure to £1,250 per month. It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based upon capital costs but is the tribunal’s estimate of the amount by which the rent would need to be reduced to attract a tenant. … The Tribunal determines a rent of £1,250 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.