Flat A, 35a Mafeking Avenue, Brentford, Middx TW8 0NJ
LON/00AT/MNR/2020/0087 · Hounslow · decided 22 Oct 2020
old rulesbills included| Rent before the notice | £1,053.78 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,204.71 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,000 −5.1% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Apr 2020 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, studio |
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 is not satisfied that if this property were brought to the market today, that a tenant would pay the asking rent for what is effectively a room with shared kitchen. Although the property has its own en-suite, the letting is similar to that one would find in an HMO (although there is no suggestion that this property is an HMO). … In the tribunal’s view given the presence of dampness, smells of ammonia/sewage, lack of blinds, carpets, curtains that one would normally find in a market letting, a tenant would seek a reduction from the market rent. … From publicly available data, although not specifically identified, a similar property in the TW8 area would rent for £1,050.00 per month, but the property would have its own kitchen. The tribunal finds that an amount should be deducted from this starting point to reflect the difference in amenity. … Similarly, the tribunal is not persuaded that the market rent would be £650.00 as suggested by the tenant. No evidence was supplied to support this view and therefore must be disregarded. … In the tribunal’s view, the discount that a prospective tenant would seek, would reduce the market rent to £1,000.00 per calendar month, exclusive of Council Tax, but inclusive of water rates, and accordingly determines that amount as the rent payable by the tenant from 10 June 2020. …
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.