22 Dorville Road, Lee, London SE12 8EB
LON/00AZ/MNR/2025/0633 · Lewisham · decided 21 Jul 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,350 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,350 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 14 Dec 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 23 Oct 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
The starting point is to determine the rent which the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property in the open market in the condition considered usual for a modern letting (“the initial valuation”). … In terms of comparable evidence, the most relevant the Tribunal has found is that of a letting of a two-bedroom maisonette in Dorville Road in July 2025. The two blocks appear externally to be identical. Internally this property is in very good condition based upon the photographs which show a modern kitchen and what is described as a recently refurbished bathroom. There is new wood flooring, and the decoration is in good order. There is a private garden. This property is understood to have been let for £1,750 pcm. … Other two-bedroom maisonettes in the vicinity are available for let at around £1,900 pcm but these do appear to be larger properties and are again in good condition. … The Tribunal then considered whether adjustments needed to be made to this initial valuation to take into account (a) the actual condition of the Property and (b) the differences (if any) between the terms of this letting and the terms of a standard assured shorthold tenancy. … The Property must be valued on the basis that a tenant would seek a reduction from such asking rent to reflect the defects that, we find, affected the condition of the Property at the time in issue. …
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.