The Coach House, 16a Priory Road, Sheffield, S7 1LW
MAN/00CG/MNR/2024/0204 · Sheffield · decided 30 Sep 2024
old rules| Rent before the notice | £850 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £900 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £900 +5.9% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 29 Aug 2024 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 21 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
The notice of increase of rent is a valid notice. … The Tribunal considers the possible comparables as provided by the now absent tenant, these properties have proposed rents of £700 to £875 per calendar month. The Tribunal has not inspected any of them and has only a brief description to consider in relation to each. Clearly, they cannot both be comparable because there is a substantial difference in proposed rental values. Further, the rental value as requested may not be the same as the rental value actually achieved when the properties are actually let. Further still, these suggested comparables appear to the Tribunal to be the usual sort of apartments that are let in cities, but this coach house is not such an apartment. It is a highly unusual property and the Tribunal has not been able to find any comparable property being advertised at the moment. … Doing the best that the Tribunal can, using the suggested comparable with an asking rent of £875, as a guide, the Tribunal determines that the open market rent for this property is £900 per calendar month. The property is in excellent condition and no deductions fall to made to the rental value. … The Tribunal determines that the rent for this property is £900 per calendar month as from the date stated in the Respondents notice of increase in rent, being 29 August 2024. …
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.