55 Acanthus Drive, London, SE1 5HH
LON/00BE/MNR/2026/0376 · Southwark · decided 7 Sep 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,685 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,800 +6.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice served 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
Under section 14(1) of the Housing Act 1988 (as amended), the Tribunal is required to determine the rent at which the Property might reasonably be expected to let in the open market by a willing Landlord at the beginning of the new period specified in the Landlord’s notice. Relevant Tenant improvements or failure of the Tenant to comply with the terms of the tenancy are to be disregarded. Historic issues relating to the tenancy or the personal circumstances of the Landlord are not taken into account. The personal circumstances of the Tenant are only considered if an application for hardship has been made. … Neither party has provided evidence of completed comparable transactions. … Comparables j) to n) provided by the Landlord were clearly superior to the Property and the Tribunal attached no weight to them. … The Tenant provided evidence that there were issues with cleaning of the communal areas and wider estate around January 2026. It appears from the Tenant’s comments that there was an improvement from May 2026. The Tribunal has only been provided with one set of photographs/report of the issue and therefore finds this to be a single historic issue which would not affect the rental value of the Property. …
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
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