1 Cottage, West Firsby, LN8 2DL
MAN/32UH/MNR/2021/0212 · West Lindsey · decided 7 Mar 2022
old rules| Rent before the notice | £525 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £550 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £550 +4.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 3 Oct 2021 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 19 Aug 2021 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tribunal firstly considered whether it had jurisdiction to deal with the application. The tenancy must be one that falls within section 13 of the Act. … The criteria for this are: a the tenant must have exclusive occupancy of the Property; b the Property must be a dwelling house; c the dwelling house must be let as a separate property; d the tenant must be an individual; e the tenant must occupy the property as their principal home; All these conditions are met in this case. … The following criteria must then be satisfied: a the tenancy is a periodic tenancy that makes no provision for a rent increase; b any rent increase is in the prescribed form; c the rent increase must be 52 weeks after the commencement of the tenancy; d the rent increase must also be 52 weeks after any previous increase; e the notice period for the increase must be at least one month; f the notice must be signed by the landlords; g the proposed rent must be specified to take effect at the beginning of a new period of the tenancy. … The Tribunal determined all these requirements are met. … The Tribunal thereafter considered the appropriate market rent for the property. In determining this, the Tribunal considered the comparable evidence provided to it. … The Tribunal determined that the property at 2 Cottage, West Firsby was good evidence of the open market rent for a property in the area. …
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.