17a North Parade, Mollison Way, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6QH
LON/00AQ/MNR/2019/0096 · Harrow · decided 3 Oct 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,305 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,595 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,350 +3.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 25 Sep 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 Jul 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
There was no specific comparable rental evidence from the landlord or the tenant. Particularly, there was no supporting evidence for the landlord’s proposed figure of £1,595 per month. The Tribunal decided to rely upon its own knowledge and experience. The range of rents for smaller 2 bedroom properties in the neighbourhood, furnished and good condition seemed to be in the region of £1,250 per month. The Tribunal decided that a reasonable open market rent for the subject property in good condition, was £1,500 per month, to reflect the larger floor area. However, the actual property is not in the condition and held on the terms considered usual for a modern letting at a market rent. Therefore it was first necessary to adjust that hypothetical rent to allow for the differences between the condition and terms considered usual for such a letting and the condition and terms of the actual property as observed by the Tribunal (disregarding the effect of any disrepair or other defect attributable to the tenant or any predecessor in title). The Tribunal, having inspected, considered that a reasonable deduction was required to reflect lack of central heating, tenants’ kitchen appliances, the roof leak, poor accessway, as well as the different terms of tenancy required in a typical modern assured shorthold letting. It deducted a global figure of £150 per month from the rent. …
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.