24 Roman Road, Chelmsford CM2 0HA
The new rent takes effect from 21 October 2024.
In short
The landlord proposed a rent of £220.00 a week for a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in CM2, and the tribunal determined £210.00 a week. It found that the property's modest room sizes placed it in a lower-rent category, setting a rent of £300.00 a week for the property in good condition, and then made a 30% (£90.00) deduction for its dated kitchen and bathroom, damp, and lack of heating in the bedrooms. The new rent was made to take effect from the decision date, 21 October 2024, because the tribunal found that a start from 30 September 2024 would cause the tenant undue hardship.
Only the landlord gave the tribunal comparable lettings.
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Also in the decision
- The rent was reduced for the property's condition
- The tenant applied for a later start on hardship grounds
- A later start was granted for hardship
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…a Statutory Assured Weekly Periodic Tenancy. Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 applies in respect of the Landlord's repairing obligations. Internal decoration is the Tenant's obligation. THE REFERRAL 4. The current rent is £205.00 per week effective from 4th September 2023. By a notice in the prescribed form dated 13th August 2024 the Landlord proposed a new rent of £220.00 per week from 30th September 2024. 5. On 21st Augu…”
- Asked for
- “…obligations. Internal decoration is the Tenant's obligation. THE REFERRAL 4. The current rent is £205.00 per week effective from 4th September 2023. By a notice in the prescribed form dated 13th August 2024 the Landlord proposed a new rent of £220.00 per week from 30th September 2024. 5. On 21st August 2024 the Tenant referred the notice proposing a new rent to the Tribunal. Directions were issued on 22nd August 2024 informing the parti…”
- Tribunal set
- “…ingress prior to the roof being replaced. The lack of central heating exacerbates the dampness making decoration by the Tenant futile. Taking these matters into account the Tribunal made a deduction of £90.00 (30%) and determined a rent of £210.00 per week. 22. It should be noted that this figure cannot be a simple arithmetical calculation and is not based specifically upon capital cost but is the Tribunal's estimate of the amount by w…”