161 Ashcroft Square, London, W6 0YN
LON/00AN/MNR/2023/0058 · Hammersmith and Fulham · decided 31 Jul 2023
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £1,251.25 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,000.01 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,820 +45.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 27 Feb 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Jan 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
In the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let today in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. … The tenant did not provide any comparable evidence, instead referring to discussions she had held with other people and the difficulties she had had in finding comparable evidence given it is a flat located in a council estate. The tenant asserted that the rent should not increase because there was no reason for it to. When asked by the Tribunal to say what figure she thought might be reasonable, the tenant said she would consider a rent of circa £300 a week. … The tenant submitted, in her papers and at the subsequent hearing, that there were various issues in the wider estate such as people dumping rubbish and regular anti-social behaviour. However, the Tribunal did not consider this was a fair criticism on the evidence provided. … The landlord provided some evidence as to value, consisting of a mixture of asking rents for flats in the area and the opinions of letting agents. …
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.