14 Cumberland Court, Princes Drive, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4UD
LON/00AQ/MNR/2022/0095 · Harrow · decided 8 Dec 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £910 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,083.33 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £931.67 +2.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 8 Dec 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 6 May 2022 |
| 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 Tribunal considered the comparables provided by the parties. It bore in mind that it had no information about the condition and amenities of the other properties in the block relied on by the landlord. … The Tribunal considered the two properties of similar size referred to by the tenant, including one flat in Warwick Court, directly opposite the property, were a useful starting point. The Warwick Court flat was rented at £1,150 per month, or £265 per week. In its expert view this was a realistic rental for a property of the size, type and location of the property under consideration. … In addition to the factors already identified, the Tribunal also noted that the exterior of Warwick Court was of a much higher standard than that of the tenant’s flat. … Taking a weekly rent of £265 as a starting point the Tribunal made a deduction of £50 per week to take account of the lack of central heating, the damp, the outdated kitchen and bathroom, the poor external condition and the other factors set out above. … On this basis the Tribunal decided that an appropriate adjusted rent to take account of the condition of the property was £215 per week. …
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.