15 Buckingham Court, Lancaster Avenue, Mitcham CR4 1QN
Above the askPre-Act rulesDecided 15 October 2024Case LON/00BA/MNR/2024/0168
Rent before
£1,005
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,082
+7.7% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,560
+£555 a month (+55.3%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 April 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent of a two-bedroom flat in CR4 from £231.82 a week to £249.67 a week, including a £15.62 a week service charge. The tribunal determined a rent of £360 a week, effective 1 April 2024. It reached this figure from £380 a week for the property in good condition with modern fittings and landlord-supplied curtains and white goods, less £20 a week because the tenant had supplied the curtains and white goods.
What decided it:Furnishing
Only the landlord gave the tribunal comparable lettings.
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
- “…ground 1. The tenant has lived in the property as assured periodic tenant since 12 October 2015. 2. On the 12th March 2023 the social landlord served a notice pursuant to section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 seeking to increase the rent from £231.82 per week to £249.67 per week, inclusive of fixed service charges of £15.62 effective from 1 April 2024. 3. By an application dated 18 March 2023, the tenant referred that notice to the Trib…”
- Asked for
- “…e in the open market under an assured tenancy is £360 per week. Background 1. The tenant has lived in the property as assured periodic tenant since 12 October 2015. 2. On the 12th March 2023 the social landlord served a notice pursuant to section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 seeking to increase the rent from £231.82 per week to £249.67 per week, inclusive of fixed service charges of £15.62 effective from 1 April 2024. 3. By an applicat…”
- Tribunal set
- “…nd experience and helpful comparable evidence supplied by the Landlord. 9. The Tribunal now needs to adjust this rent to allow for the lack of curtains and white goods. It considers a deduction of £20 should be applied. This reduces the rental figure to £360 per week. It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based upon capital costs but is the Tribunal's estimate of the amount by which t…”
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