10 Leicester Street Kettering NN16 8EF
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 28 April 2025Case CAM/34UE/MNR/2024/0621
Rent before
£985
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,250
+26.9% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,100
+£115 a month (+11.7%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 15 January 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent of a four-bedroom house in NN16 from £985 a month to £1250 a month from 15 January 2025. The tribunal determined a new rent of £1100 a month from 15 January 2025, using its own general knowledge of market rent levels in the area. It found nothing in the representations to justify a reduction, and the landlord and agent made no representations.
What decided it:A party didn't respond
The panel relied mainly on its own knowledge of local rents.
Summary written by an AI model from the published decision and checked automatically for names and figures. How
Also in the decision
- The panel relied on its own knowledge of local rents
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…include other services. 3 4 The tenancy is now an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy which originally began for a fixed 6 months term on 15 November 2022 for an initial rent of £895 pcm. A copy was provided. The rent payable up to and including 14 January 2025 was £985 per calendar month. Directions 5 Directions, dated 28 February 2025, for the progression of the case, were issued by Legal Officer Laura Lawless. Neither party as…”
- Asked for
- “…the new rent sought, from tenants of the Property, regarding a notice of increase of rent served by the landlord, under S.13 of the Housing Act 1988 (the Act). © CROWN COPYRIGHT 2013 2 The notice dated 13 December 2024, proposed a new rent of £1250 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 15 January 2025. This rent does not include other services. 3 4 The tenancy is now an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy wh…”
- Tribunal set
- “…mal Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) terms, for £1100 per calendar month, fully fitted and in good order. From the representations the Tribunal found nothing of significance to warrant any reduction from this figure. The new rent will therefore be £1100 pcm with effect from 15 January 2025. Although the landlord is not obliged to charge this rent and may charge a significantly lower rent as a result of their own choice, policy, or govern…”