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5 Sawmill Close, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5WT

Full increasePre-Act rulesDecided 17 November 2025Case HAV/18UG/MNR/2025/0777
Rent before
£1,000
a month
Matched in the decision text
Landlord asked for
£1,095
+9.5% on the rent before
Matched in the decision text
Tribunal set
£1,095
+£95 a month (+9.5%)
Matched in the decision text

The new rent takes effect from 15 December 2025.

In short

The landlord proposed a rent of £1,095 a month, up from £1,000 a month, for a two-bedroom flat in TQ9. The tribunal determined a rent of £1,095 a month, taking effect from 15 December 2025. It based its figure on the comparable evidence and its own general knowledge of Totnes rents, focusing on the landlord's comparable of a two-bedroom flat let at £1,200 a month on the same development, and it did not rely on the tenant's comparables, which were for two-bedroom houses.

What decided it:Comparables rejected

Both sides gave the tribunal comparable lettings.

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Also in the decision

  • The panel relied on its own knowledge of local rents
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Where the figures came from
Rent before
“…___________________ © CROWN COPYRIGHT SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. On the 15 September 2025 the Landlord's agent served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £1,095 per month in place of the existing rent of £1,000 per month to take effect from 15 December 2025. 2. The Tenant's application is dated the 16 September 2025, under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988. The Tenant referred the…”
Asked for
“…from 15 December 2025. ____________________________________ © CROWN COPYRIGHT SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. On the 15 September 2025 the Landlord's agent served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £1,095 per month in place of the existing rent of £1,000 per month to take effect from 15 December 2025. 2. The Tenant's application is dated the 16 September 2025, under Section 13(4)(a) of the Ho…”
Tribunal set
“…of a Market Rent sections 13 & 14 of the Housing Act 1988 Tribunal : Mr D Jagger MRICS Mr N Robinson FRICS Date of Summary Reasons : 17 November 2025 _______________________________________________ DECISION The Tribunal determines a rent of £1,095 per calendar month with effect from 15 December 2025. ____________________________________ © CROWN COPYRIGHT SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. On the 15 September 2025 the Landlord's agent served…”

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    Part of it, 2-bed, 22 Sept 2025, pre-Act rules
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