29 Gonville Cresent, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 4SH
Full increasePre-Act rulesDecided 23 December 2025Case LON/00AJ/MNR/2025/0921
Rent before
£1,500
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£2,200
+46.7% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£2,200
+£700 a month (+46.7%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 September 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed a rent of £2,200 a month, up from £1,500 a month, for a three-bedroom terraced house in UB5. The tribunal determined a rent of £2,200 a month, effective from 1 September 2025. It based this on the comparable evidence from both parties and its own general knowledge of rental values in the area, and made no adjustment for condition.
Both sides 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
- “…t from 1 September 2025. ____________________________________ 2 SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. On 18 July 2025 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £ 2,200 in place of the existing rent of £1,500 per month to take effect from 1 September 2025. 2. On 12 August 2025 under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988, the Tenant referred the Landlord's notice proposing a new rent…”
- Asked for
- “…0 per calendar month with effect from 1 September 2025. ____________________________________ 2 SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. On 18 July 2025 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £ 2,200 in place of the existing rent of £1,500 per month to take effect from 1 September 2025. 2. On 12 August 2025 under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988, the Tenant referred the Landlord…”
- Tribunal set
- “…ribunal members were 29 Gonville Crescent Northolt Middlesex UB5 4SH Mrs S Phillips MRICS Landlord Una and Philip Devlin Address Sarida Ballymagan Buncrana Co. Donegal, Ireland F93 ARN8 Tenant Paul and Heather Church 1. The rent is: £ 2,200 Per month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 1 September 2025 *3. The amount included for services is/is negligible…”
Other decisions in UB5
All of UB5- 19 Merton Avenue, Northolt, London UB5 4QFPart of it, 2-bed house, 9 Jan 2026, pre-Act rulesWas £1,450, asked £1,800£1,550Was £1,450, asked £1,800
- 16 Eskdale Avenue, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 5DJPart of it, 3-bed house, 22 Jul 2025, pre-Act rulesWas £1,750, asked £2,250£1,950Was £1,750, asked £2,250
- £1,300Was £1,150