63 Sheen Court, Richmond, TW10 5DF
LON/00BD/MNR/2023/0065 · Richmond upon Thames · decided 19 Jun 2023
old rulesbills included| Rent before the notice | £1,595 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,825 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,825 +14.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 29 Mar 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 28 Feb 2023 |
| 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 applicants referred the tribunal to their written submissions. … Summarising their concerns over the cleanness of the property at the start of the tenancy, concern over the disrepair of several items including the oven hood, refrigerator and gas hob. Of primary concern was the shower, and the heating. With the shower, the issue was of faulty thermostatic valve. The shower still could be used by manual control through the taps. With the heating, the radiator in the living has a value which can be only on or off. The radiator in the hall is constantly on. The hotwater is supplied by a central communal boiler. … In terms of an appropriate figure for the rent the applicants cited £1398.00 per month with further discount for the issues raised so suggesting £1200.00 per month. … They explained that relations between the parties had been strained from the beginning of the tenancy. That there had been frequent requests from the tenants in the early weeks of the tenancy. Issues had arisen regarding the mattress, the speed and effectiveness of responses to issues. … 12.The respondent landlord similarly covered their written submissions and proposed a figure of £2000.00 per month. …
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.