4 Buxton Road, Mortlake, London, SW14 8SY
LON/00BD/MNR/2024/0121 · Richmond upon Thames · decided 4 Oct 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,560 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,638 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,650 +5.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jan 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 23 Nov 2023 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 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 determination was carried out on the papers supplied to the tribunal and the inspection. The property is structurally generally in good order. The Tenants have an assured tenancy succeeded from a previous regulated tenancy. Improvements carried out prior to the succession fall to be considered as landlords. The bathroom falls into this category. The kitchen, however, was fitted by the Tenant. Responsibility for decor and white goods also falls to the Tenant. With the responsibility for the internal decoration and carpets, curtains falling to the Tenants no deduction is warranted for the actual condition, but an allowance is required for the liability to keep these in repair. … The Tribunal first considered what the rent should be if the property was in a condition normally associated with a contemporary let. Neither party provided evidence as to rental levels, so the tribunal drew on its expertise and determined £2750.00 per month. … The tenancy has responsibilities given to the Tenant that an assured shorthold tenancy would not have. These responsibilities are; internal decoration, carpeting, curtains and property is not in such condition. … The Tribunal then makes a deduction of 10% to reflect these responsibilities. Further the property does not have a level of specification normally associated with assured shorthold tenancies in contemporary condition. …
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.