Reasons - 105 GREENWOOD ROAD, SHEFFIELD
MAN/00CG/MNR/2023/0048 · Sheffield · decided 12 Oct 2023
old rules| Rent before the notice | £550 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £625 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £595 +8.2% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Feb 2023 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 29 Dec 2022 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 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
In his written representations the Respondent acknowledged that the kitchen and bathroom would required modernisation prior to a re-letting, and that the property would have to be redecorated. … No further details of these were supplied. … He stated that the appropriate rent for the property in its current condition is £475 per month at most. He said that he had agreed a rent of £550 in 2021 on the understanding that the Respondent would sell him the property for £100,000. There was an unfortunate history of animosity between the parties. However any agreement made in 2021 does not affect the Tribunal’s market rent calculation. … A property on the market to let can be expected to be in reasonable letting order, newly decorated and with carpets, curtains and white goods. The property, including the garden, would require substantial refurbishment if it were to attract the best market rent. The Tribunal finds that in good letting order the market rent for this property would be £750 per month. … Adjustments to this figure have been made as follows: for disrepair to kitchen, bathroom and toilet £110; for other items of disrepair noted above £20; for provisions of floor coverings and curtains £20; and for tenant’s improvements £5. The resulting rent is £595 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.