7A Barlby Road, London, W10 6AN
LON/00AW/MNR/2023/0143 · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 16 Oct 2023
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £685.23 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £748.45 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £748.45 +9.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Oct 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 22 Feb 2023 |
| 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
Having consideration of the comparable evidence proved by the parties and of our own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, we consider that the open market rent for the property in its assumed condition and disregarding the tenants improvements would be in the region of £172.72 per week inclusive of services. … The tenant provided rental evidence of a number of fair rents from the rent register. These are of no real assistance as they are assessed on a different basis and were all historic. The tribunal notes that the register entry for the subject property had an uncapped rent of £265 per week in 2014. This is the market rent less an allowance for scarcity. … The tenant has provided photographic evidence of the condition of the flat at the start of the tenancy and of the considerable improvements she has made. The rent is assessed on the basis of the unimproved condition of the flat. … The Tribunal determines a rent of £167.02 per week plus services of £5.70 per week totalling £172.72 per week. … The Tribunal directed the new rent of £172.72 to take effect on 16 October 2023. The Tribunal was satisfied that a starting date of that specified in the Landlord’s notice would cause the tenant undue
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.