3 Briars Close, London, N17 0JB
LON/00AP/MNR/2019/0078 · Haringey · decided 20 Sep 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | not stated |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,408.33 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,018.33 |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Sep 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 29 May 2019 |
| 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
The starting point is to determine the rent which the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property in the open market in the condition considered usual for a modern letting (“the initial valuation”). … The FTT agrees with the Landlord that the Tenant’s evidence is not genuinely comparable as (a) the other property is in a different area and (b) it is a one-bedroom flat, whereas 3 Briaris Close is a two-bedroom flat. … Adjustments then needed to be made to this initial valuation to take into account (a) the actual condition of the Property and (b) the differences between the terms of this letting and the terms of a standard assured shorthold tenancy. … Applying these principles to the Property, the FTT does not accept the Landlord’s submission that the poor condition of the Property should be disregarded on the ground that the Tenant did not facilitate access to carry out repairs. First of all, the evidence suggests that the Landlord only became interested relatively recently in carrying out repairs to the Property, and in any event it is unclear whether that interest also extended to modernising the Property. …
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.