Rent Increase Checker

615 Saxon House, 1 Cromwell Square, Ipswich, IP5 1TS : CAM/42UEDMNR/2024/0609

Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 17 March 2025
Rent before
£710
a month
Model-assisted reading
Landlord asked for
£795
+12.0% on the rent before
Matched in the decision text
Tribunal set
£790
+£80 a month (+11.3%)
Matched in the decision text

BackdatedThe new rent took effect from 24 January 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.

In short

The landlord proposed a rent of £795 a month for a one-bedroom flat in IP5. The tribunal set £790 a month from 24 January 2025: it put the market rent at £800 a month from its own knowledge of local rents, then deducted £10 because minor damp from an earlier leak still affected the flat's value.

What decided it:Property condition

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
Read the decision on GOV.UKDownload the PDF
Where the figures came from
Asked for
“…effective start date of the new rent sought, 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). The notice dated 11 December 2024, proposed a new rent of £795 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 24 January 2024, the day after the contractual term ended. © CROWN COPYRIGHT 2013 3 4 5 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar…”
Tribunal set
“…l found that the Property was still slightly damaged from the historic water leak, just sufficiently to affect the rental value on this occasion. For this minor shortcoming the Tribunal makes a deduction of £10 pcm. The new rent will therefore be £790 pcm with effect from 24 January 2025. Although the landlord is not obliged to charge this rent and may charge a significantly lower rent as a result of their own choice, policy, or governm…”

Other decisions in IP5

All of IP5
  1. 11 Sherwood Fields, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2YL
    Full increase, 2-bed house, 29 Aug 2025, pre-Act rules
    Was £900, asked £1,100
    £1,100