68 New Atlas Wharf, 3 Arnhem Wharf, E14 3SS
LON/00BG/MNR/2023/0390 · Tower Hamlets · decided 5 Mar 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,600 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,950 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,850 +15.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 20 Sep 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Aug 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, 1 bedroom |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The starting point is to determine the rent which the Landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property in the open market in the condition considered usual for a modern letting (“the initial valuation”). … The range of rents for 1- bedroom properties in the neighbourhood, ranged from £1,700 to £2,100 per calendar month. … The Tribunal then considered whether adjustments needed to be made to this initial valuation to take into account (a) the actual condition of the Property and (b) the differences (if any) between the terms of this letting and the terms of a standard assured shorthold tenancy. … The tenancy agreement itself contained no unusual provisions (save, perhaps, clause 7.1 which we shall address below). … As to the various complaints of disrepair, the Tribunal noted that the Landlord responded swiftly and effectively when complaints were communicated to him, albeit that his agent may on occasion have been less than prompt in passing on messages. More pertinently, by section 14(1)(b) of the Housing Act 1988, the date at which the market rent falls to be assessed in this case is 20 September 2023, the date specified in the Landlord’s notice. …
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.