16A Arran Road, Catford, London, SE6 2NL
LON/00AZ/MNR/2024/0058 · Lewisham · decided 12 Nov 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,250 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,312.50 +5.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 17 Feb 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 15 Jan 2024 |
| 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
In the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let today in the condition and on the terms that are considered usual for such an open market letting. … The 3 ‘valuations’ from local letting agents the landlord sought to provide apart (which as explained above we did not consider), neither party provided us with any evidence of value to consider. … We therefore considered the value of the property in line with our own, expert knowledge of general rental levels in the area. We determined that the property might have let for £1,750pcm, on the proposed date of increase 17 February 2024, if it were offered to the market in the condition and on the terms considered usual for such a letting – with the furniture that had been provided by the landlord. … This hypothetical rent is adjusted as necessary to allow for the differences between the lease terms and physical condition considered usual for such a letting and the actual lease terms and physical condition of the property. Any rental benefit derived from Tenant’s improvements is disregarded. … The terms of the tenancy are that the landlord is responsible for repairs at the property, which is the usual expectation in the market. Accordingly, no adjustment is needed to account for this. …
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.