2 F Wrights Lane Kensington London W8 6TA
LON/00AW/MNR/2026/0133 · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 28 May 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £2,235 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,575 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £2,600 +16.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 4 Feb 2026 |
| 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
17 The Tribunal found no issue with validity of the notice. 18 The Property had a floor area of 60m2 or so, typical of a smaller 2 bedroom purpose flat. In the absence of specific photos and measurements of the small second bedroom it concludes that it is of a reasonable size for a 2 bedroom flat. By contrast from the details supplied by the tenant some of these 1 bedroom flats referenced a floor area of between 35m2 to 47m2. 19 The Tribunal finds both the tenant’s and landlord’s comparables, said to be let or t0 let around in early 2026, helpful. From these and from the Tribunal’s own general knowledge of market rent levels in and around the RB Kensington and Chelsea it determines that the subject Property would let on normal Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) terms, for £2600 pcm, fully fitted and in good order. This is the rent we would expect the Property to let for in the open market if it was in the same condition as comparable properties including landlord’s white goods carpets and curtains. 20 From the representations the Tribunal found that there were no issues significant enough to justify any adjustment from this starting figure. The new rent is therefore £2600 pcm.
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.