5 Abbots House, St. Mary Abbots Terrace, London, W14 8NU
LON/00AW/MNR/2022/0126 · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 6 Dec 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | not stated |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £3,055 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £3,000 |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Dec 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Aug 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 must firstly determine the market rent for a property of this size, in this location and in its current condition. The Tribunal notes the comments made by both the landlord and tenant in their submissions and takes these factors into consideration. In addition the landlord submits that included in the rent are water rates and service charges. … Taking into account the tenant’s submission, the Tribunal makes no addition for the presence of furniture within the flat but makes allowance for the fact that the tenant maintains that the carpets have been changed twice and the flat decorated three times, a fact uncontested by the landlord. The Tribunal also takes into account the fact that the freezer and dishwasher are not included with the rent. … Lastly, the Tribunal notes that within the rent are included water rates (paid for by the landlord) and service charge (paid for by the landlord). As far as the service charge is concerned, without evidence to the contrary the Tribunal is of the opinion that this relates to the maintenance of the fabric of the building and thus disregards it as maintenance; the responsibility of the landlord for most assured shorthold tenancies. … The Tribunal therefore makes deductions from the market rent of £3,500 per month to reflect maintenance undertaken within the flat by the tenant. …
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.