3.6 The Old Mill London Road St. Ives Cambs PE27 5EY
Full increasePre-Act rulesDecided 21 October 2024Case CAM/12UE/MNR/2024/0137
Rent before
£875
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,175
+34.3% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,175
+£300 a month (+34.3%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 21 September 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed a rent of £1,175 a month, up from £875 a month, for a two-bedroom unfurnished flat in PE27. The tribunal determined £1,175 a month, based on its own general knowledge of market rents in St. Ives, and delayed the start of the new rent from 21 September 2024 to 21 October 2024 because of the tenant's hardship concern.
What decided it:Hardship
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
- “…tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with effect from and including 21 April 2017 when the initial rent was £800 pcm, originally on a fixed term from that date, now expired. A copy was provided. 4 The rent payable from up to and including 20 September 2024 was £875 per calendar month. No furniture or services were included. Directions 5 Directions, dated 19 August 2024, for the progression of the case, were issued by…”
- Asked for
- “…l received an application dated September 2024 from tenant 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 7 August 2024, proposed a new rent of £1,175 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 21 September 2024. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with…”
- Tribunal set
- “…assuming that the Property to be in a reasonable internal decorative condition. Decision 15 From the Tribunal's own general knowledge of market rent levels in and around St. Ives it determines that the subject property would let on normal Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) terms, for £1,175 per calendar month, fully fitted and in good order. 16 The new rent of £1,175 per calendar month would ordinarily be payable with effect from and incl…”