Apartment 10, Block 1, 1 Clarence Street, Salford, M7 1BP

From the tribunal's valuation

The Tribunal has been provided with comparable evidence from both parties. The Tenant relies primarily upon advertised properties in the wider Salford and Manchester area to demonstrate that the proposed rent exceeds the market level, whilst the Landlord relies principally upon achieved rents and current marketing evidence for similar one-bedroom apartments within the same development together with additional local comparables. … The Tribunal has considered all of the comparable evidence provided by both parties together with the oral submissions at the hearing and written representations submitted in support of their respective positions. … The Tribunal attaches greater weight to the Landlord's comparable evidence than to that submitted by the Tenant. The Landlord has provided evidence of rents achieved for a number of one-bedroom apartments within the same development as the subject property. The Tribunal considers that rents achieved for properties within the same development are likely to provide the most reliable indication of market rent because those properties share the same broad location, age, construction type and specification. The Tribunal also places particular weight upon evidence of rents actually achieved, as opposed to asking rents, because such evidence demonstrates what tenants have in fact been willing to pay in the open market. …

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