165 Dibdin House Maida Vale London W9 1QQ
LON/00BK/MNR/2024/0353 · Westminster · decided 9 Oct 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,875 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,925 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,875 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
In coming to my decision, I relied on the tenant’s comparable evidence and my own general knowledge of rents in Maida Vale since the landlord had not provided any comparable evidence. … The comparable evidence in respect of the one bedroom flats in Dibdin House was several months old and less than the tenant had paid at the commencement of the tenancy. However, the landlord has not produced any evidence to support the assertion that rents for similar flats are higher than the proposed rent. Furthermore, there is the matter of the inefficient extractor in the kitchen which does not remove the moisture laden air from the kitchen and the humidity in the living and bedroom, requiring the use of dehumidifiers all year long. … I determined that the open market rent without these issues was £1,925 per month however the open market rent as at 19 July 2024 subject to the deficiencies resulting in some dampness is £1,875 per month.
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.