Flat 8, Nico House, 8 Station Square, Gidea Park, Essex, RM2 6BY
LON/00AR/MNR/2026/0055 · Havering · decided 16 Jun 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,450 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,560 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,400 −3.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Dec 2025 |
| 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
Whereas the Tribunal has read all the contents of the bundle (the papers), it limits its discussion and considerations to those points relevant to reach its determination. … Both parties have provided the Tribunal with their respective Rents 1A and Rents 1B forms. In addition to which the tenants have given submissions in their Rents 1 application form. Both parties’ submissions include further documents, including external and internal photographs, to assist to present their respective cases. The parties have concluded to confirm their opinions of the market rent to be those set out in the notice (the landlord’s position), and their application (the tenants’ position), being £1,560 pcm and £1,350 pcm respectively. … The Tribunal has determined the landlord’s notice dated 1 December 2025 to be valid. … The Tribunal having determined the landlord’s notice to be valid confirm the valuation date for the same is 5 February 2026, which is the date the landlord has proposed to be the start date of the new rent. It is the market rent of the property on 5 February 2026 that the Tribunal is to determine. … From the information provided to the Tribunal, the property is on the second floor and a walk-up. … Both parties have provided comparable lettings evidence to support their respective cases. …
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.