Flat 3, 80 Upper Tulse Hill, London, SW2 2RP
LON/00BK/MNR/2019/0151 · Lambeth · decided 4 Aug 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £650 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £938.64 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £901.33 +38.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 28 Dec 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 25 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 | 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
16 The landlords’ hearsay statements are insufficient evidence to prove, on the balance of probabilities, the basis upon which the property was originally let. In particular, it has not proved that the terms required the tenant to carry out improvements, as a condition of his tenancy. Therefore the Tribunal was required to disregard these improvements. 17 On the evidence of the comparable lettings and the landlord’s other submissions, the Tribunal accepts the evidence of lettings within the property and gives this the most weight. The Tribunal finds that the subject property if modernised and in good order would let on normal AST terms for £320 per week. 18 An Assured Shorthold tenancy would include carpets, curtains and “white goods” and the tenant would not have an internal decorating obligation. To reflect these differences in letting terms, the Tribunal makes an allowance of 5%. The subject property is to be valued without central heating and the Tribunal makes a further deduction of 10% to reflect this. 19 The Tribunal also disregards the tenants’ improvements in relation to the shower room kitchen and electrical works. To disregard the effect on value of those improvements, the Tribunal makes a further deduction of 20%. The aggregate deduction is therefore 35% (£112 per week) leaving a rent of £208 per week as the market rent determination. …
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.