90 Saltram Crescent, London, W9 3JX
LON/00BK/MNR/2020/0026 · Westminster · decided 26 Jul 2021
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,350 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,700 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,450 +7.4% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 26 Jul 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 23 Jan 2020 |
| 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 Tribunal considered the submissions of both parties. … In reaching the decision the tribunal considered the level of rents which were payable at the date of the notice of increase, which was 1 March 2020. The Tribunal decided that the Market rent for a property, let in a condition usual for the market in that area, would be in the range of £1,800.00 PCM. … However, the property was not in a condition usual for a market letting. Thus in the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain. The Tribunal noted that the kitchen and the bathroom were somewhat dated, and the property in its existing condition lacked modern white goods, had a dated, reportedly noisy boiler, and lacked curtains and carpets. To reflect this the Tribunal made a deduction of approximately 20%, which the Tribunal rounded up to £1450.00 PCM. The Tribunal accepted that to apply the increased rent from the date in the notice, would put the tenant in arrears which would cause
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.