Flat 5, One Church Square, 41 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2TA
LON/00BK/MNR/2022/0059 · Westminster · decided 12 Jul 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,184.47 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,260.28 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,650 +39.3% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2022 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 Feb 2022 |
| 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 tribunal has no jurisdiction to rule on disputes relating to past disrepair or inherent defects. In the absence of detailed evidence of current disrepair, the tribunal will value on the assumption that the property is in a reasonable state of repair. The tribunal can only value on a market rent basis under the Act and not on an intermediate rent basis. … As no rental evidence was provided by the parties the tribunal relies on its knowledge and experience. The tribunal has considered the submissions and evidence regarding the condition of the property. … The tribunal considers that this flat, let in the market on an AST, unfurnished and with the usual amenities on normal market terms in the condition the market would expect would achieve a rent of £1750.00 per month The tribunal then deducted 5% for the absence of carpets curtains and white goods to come to a net rent of say £1650.00 per month. … No evidence of hardship has been provided so the rent increase takes effect from the date set out in the notice of increase.
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.