Flat 1, 3 Holstock Road, London, IG1 1LG
LON/00BC/MNR/2025/0613 · Redbridge · decided 24 Mar 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,150 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,550 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,400 +21.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Feb 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 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, 1 bedroom |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
Having regard to the comparables supplied by the Landlord and own expert knowledge of rental values in the area, we consider that the open market rent for the property in good tenantable condition would be in the region of £1,400. We have not been able to inspect the flat. We are therefore not satisfied that we should make any deduction for disrepair. … We note that the Tenant is in receipt of universal credit which will not cover a rent in excess of £1,000 per month. … She describes herself as a “single, old, frail, vulnerable and disable lady”. We consider that it would cause undue hardship were we to backdate the increase to 30 November 2024, namely the date specified in the Notice of Increase. The increase will therefore be payable from 28 February 2025.
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.