Room 8, 34 Queens Avenue, London, N10 3NR
LON/00AP/MNR/2022/0092 · Haringey · decided 28 Oct 2022
old rulesroom in shared housebills included| Rent before the notice | £732.98 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,124.98 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,022.67 +39.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Oct 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 25 Mar 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | room |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tribunal preferred the comparable evidence of the landlord. The lowest asking rent was £1040 per month. It finds the tenants comparable evidence to be unhelpful as it relates to properties in substantially different locations. The property is in a desirable building in a very good road in Muswell Hill. The Tribunal finds that the balcony is not directly accessible from room 8. It also finds that the communal gardens would be accessible if the tenant availed himself a key from the landlords. … Having regard to the evidence, the Tribunal finds that had the tenant borne the rates and water charges and if the bathroom had been directly incorporated the market rent would have been £950 per month. However, the Tribunal made an adjustment of £50 per month to reflect the actual location of the bathroom. This leaves an adjusted market value of £900 per month or £207.71 per week. It is then necessary for the Tribunal to add the rates liability and water charges of £28.39 per week. This gives a weekly rent of £236.10, which the Tribunal rounds down to £236 per week. … The Tribunal accepted the tenant’s evidence that his financial circumstances would cause undue financial hardship as a result of the determination and therefore directed that the new rent should commence on 28 October 2022, being the date of the Tribunal’s determination. …
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.