23 Swiftsden Way, Bromley, BR1 4N
LON/00AZ/MNR/2024/0679 · Lewisham · decided 7 Aug 2025
old rulesfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £1,009.67 |
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| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,400.01 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,253.98 +24.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Jul 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 Sep 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, 1 bedroom |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
From the tribunal's valuation
What condition should the tribunal assume for the purposes of the rent determination? … The tribunal understands from the tenant that they fitted a kitchen, amongst other items prior to 1992, and that these were removed during the works of around 1992. The landlord says they paid through service charge the replacement of these items. On the basis of the evidence the tribunal determines that the current kitchen and bathroom are the result of the freeholder replacing these items post works and paid by the landlord. The tribunal therefore as part of the assumption of condition and specification the rent will take into account the presence of these items. Notwithstanding this the age of the items around 32 years would have a significant impact on valuation. What are the terms of the tenancy? … The tribunal first considers the issue of the water charges and service charges. The tenancy agreement notes the landlord is responsible for payment of the water charges, The tenancy is silent on the payment of service charges, The market norm for service charges levied by the freeholder of the building to a leaseholder is that the leaseholder pays the service charge to the freeholder. The leaseholder's tenant is the property is let out does not have liability 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.