Unit 1, 2B Mountbatten Close, London, SE19 1AP
LON/00AY/MNR/2022/0146 · Lambeth · decided 22 Nov 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,146.86 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £800 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Oct 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 Sep 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, 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 landlord’s reply form stated that the property had a balcony, was double glazed, centrally heated with carpets, curtains and white goods supplied by the landlord and that there was off street parking and communal gardens. The inspection revealed that this information was clearly incorrect. … 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 was simply the amount of the Local Housing Allowance for a one bedroom flat or the amount available under the benefit rules where the initial tenancy for 12 months had expired. The actual flat is however, not one bedroomed but an awkwardly shaped studio with a kitchenette area and a shared kitchen. 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, lack of central heating and the layout of the studio. … The Tribunal has not made additions for cleaning of the common parts as this would be reflected in the market rent comparables and also the Local Housing Allowance. …
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.