Flat 61 Dorchester Court, Herne Hill, London, SE24 9QY
LON/00AY/MNR/2025/0908 · Lambeth · decided 5 May 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,750 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £2,300 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £2,000 +14.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 21 Jul 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 May 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 3 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 accepts that lettings on the same estate generally constitute good comparables. For example, the rents already take into account the fact that none of the flats have use of their balcony. The fact that the Landlord is still able to let flats despite their issues establishes that there is a market for them. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparables provided by the Landlord, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £2,800 pcm. This is the rent the Tribunal would expect the property to let for in the open market if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties. … From this level of rent, the Tribunal has made adjustments in relation to the following: a) The Tribunal agrees that the problems with the third bedroom mean that the rent ought to be reduced to that appropriate for 2-bedroom flats, bringing the starting rent down to £2,300 pcm. b) Further deductions should be made for the excess cold, damp and mould, bringing the rent down further to £2,000 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.