29 Cornflower Drive, Hougton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6RZ
Full increasePre-Act rulesDecided 21 October 2024Case CAM/00KC/MNR/2024/0126
Rent before
£1,530
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,630
+6.5% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,630
+£100 a month (+6.5%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 6 August 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent of a three-bedroom end-terrace house in LU5 from £1,530 a month to £1,630 a month. The tribunal determined a rent of £1,630 a month, effective from 6 August 2024, based on its own knowledge of market rents in Dunstable. It found the landlord's comparable evidence unclear and made no separate allowance for the absence of a garage.
What decided it:Comparables rejected
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
- “…es not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with effect from and including 6 June 2022, originally on a fixed term from that date, now expired. A copy was provided. 4 The rent payable from up to and including 5 August 2024 was £1,530 per calendar month. The landlord provided carpets, window blinds and white goods. No furniture or services were included. Directions 5 Directions, dated 6 Au…”
- Asked for
- “…nal received an application dated 29 June 2024 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). 2 The notice, dated 13 June 2024, proposed a new rent of £1,630 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 6 August 2024. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with effe…”
- Tribunal set
- “…ng that the Property to be in a reasonable internal decorative condition. Decision 19 From the Tribunal's own general knowledge of market rent levels in Dunstable and surroundings it determines that the subject property would let on normal Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) terms, for £1,630 per calendar month, fully fitted and in good order. 20 From the representations; it found the Tribunal found that the Property lacked use of a single…”
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