Third floor, The Glasshouse, 177-187 Arthur Road, London, SW19 8AE
LON/00BK/MNR/2024/0010 · Merton · decided 20 Mar 2024
old rulesfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £1,350 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,550 +14.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 12 Dec 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 8 Nov 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, studio |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
From the tribunal's valuation
The subject property comprises a first floor studio flat with kitchen and bathroom/w.c. It is occupied by the applicant under a monthly periodic tenancy. … (2)In making a determination under this section, there shall be disregarded— (a)any effect on the rent attributable to the granting of a tenancy to a sitting tenant; (b)any increase in the value of the dwelling-house attributable to a relevant improvement carried out by a person who at the time it was carried out was the tenant, if the improvement— (i)was carried out otherwise than in pursuance of an obligation to his immediate landlord, or (ii)was carried out pursuant to an obligation to his immediate landlord being an obligation which did not relate to the specific improvement concerned but arose by reference to consent given to the carrying out of that improvement; and (c)any reduction in the value of the dwelling-house attributable to a failure by the tenant to comply with any terms of the tenancy. …
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.