82 Acanthus Drive, Bermondsey, London, SE1 5HJ
LON/00BE/MNR/2026/0308 · Southwark · decided 20 Jul 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,326 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,900 +43.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 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 copy tenancy agreement supplied by the tenant is electronically dated 4 December 2014, but is not signed by either party, is not wet-ink dated, and does not have any other wet-ink or electronic signing or initialling. … That tenancy also includes a rent review mechanism (under the "Rent" section), but this has clearly not been followed by the previous landlord, as acknowledged by the current landlord's use of the s13 process. Therefore, pursuant to Section 13(1)(b) of the Housing Act 1988, as there is no provision for the time being binding on the tenant under which the rent may increase, s13 is the appropriate process for seeking a rent increase. … Accordingly, in the case of both tenancy agreements, s13 is the appropriate process (and not the rent review provisions of either tenancy agreement). … With the exception of the last 5 properties in the list, the Tribunal considers the comparables provided by the Landlord are representative of the market. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparables provided by the Landlord, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property would be in the order of £1900.00 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market. Market rent £1900.00 pcm
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.