Unit 1 2B Mountbatten Close Gipsy Hill London SE19 1AP
LON/00AY/MNR/2020/0122 · Lambeth · decided 21 Dec 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | not stated |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,146.86 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £850 |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Sep 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 31 Jul 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
In coming to its decision, the Tribunal had regard to the comparable evidence supplied by the parties. The Tribunal does not find the landlord’s comparables helpful in determining the open market rent because there has been no testing of the market, the rent is simply the amount of the Local Housing Allowance for a one bedroom flat. The actual flats are however, not one bedroomed but studios with shared cooking facilities. The flat is within close proximity of all local facilities and transport. … In determining the rental value of the subject property, the Tribunal has taken into account all the factors in respect of lack of proper kitchen facilities within the flat itself, the single glazed windows and the size of the studio which is at the smaller end of those available on the open market.
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.