35 Lugard Road, Peckham, London, SE15 2TB
LON/00BE/MNR/2019/0161 · Southwark · decided 21 Feb 2020
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,061.67 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,148.33 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,040 −2.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 13 Jan 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 Nov 2019 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
No rental evidence had been put forward by the tenant. … Rental evidence was supplied by the landlord. The tribunal was unable to place weight on the evidence of flats which are fundamentally different from a house. … The tribunal placed substantial weight on the landlord’s evidence of another letting in Lugard Road with broadly similar accommodation. The tribunal considered this evidence, and also used its own knowledge and experience. … The tribunal considered that the house, modernised and in good repair and with the amenities required by the market would let at a rent of £1600.00 per calendar month. The tribunal then adjusted for the lack of modernisation and amenities and considered that a deduction of 35% was appropriate. … Under s14 (7) of the Housing Act 1988 the effective date of the decision would normally be the date shown on the application unless there is
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.