Flat 10, Reed Lodge, Talbot Close, Mitcham , Surrey, CR4 1FL
LON/00BA/MNR/2021/0095 · Merton · decided 6 Dec 2021
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | not stated |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | not stated |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £698.88 |
| New rent takes effect | 5 Apr 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Feb 2021 |
| 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 tribunal first had to determine that the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the Application in order to determine a rent under S14 of the Housing Act 1988. In short, the tribunal must determine that the Landlord’s notice under Section 13(2) satisfied the requirements of that section and was validly served. … The first requirement is that a minimum period of notice must be given before the proposed new rent can take effect. … The second requirement is that the starting date must not be less than 52 weeks after the date on which the rent was last increased using this procedure although there are exceptions to this. … The third requirement is that the proposed new rent must start at the beginning of a period of the tenancy. … The tribunal determines the landlords Notice of Rent Increase is valid as is the tenant's application to the tribunal. … Section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 requires the tribunal to determine the rent at which it considered the subject property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market by a willing landlord under an assured tenancy.
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.