69 Porchester Terrace London W2 3TT
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 29 January 2025Case LON/00BK/MNR/2024/0338
Rent before
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Withheld: failed a sanity check
Landlord asked for
£5,850
Matched in the decision text
Tribunal set
£5,200
Matched in the decision text
BackdatedThe new rent took effect from 24 June 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent of a five-bedroom terraced house in W2 from £2,000 a month to £5,850 a month. The tribunal determined a rent of £5,200 a month, taking effect from 24 June 2024. It started from an open-market figure of £6,500 a month based on the landlord's comparable evidence, then made deductions for dated electrics, partly double-glazed windows and doors, a small downstairs toilet and kitchen disrepair.
What decided it:Property condition
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
Where the figures came from
- Asked for
- “…bject property) referred to the First-tier Tribunal (the Tribunal) a notice of increase of rent served by the Landlord under section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 (the 1988 Act). 2. The Landlord's Agent, Cluttons, served a notice proposing an increase in the rent on behalf of the Landlord, John Mills . The notice proposed an increase in the rent from £ 2,000 per month to £5,850 per month. The notice was dated 20 March 2024 and proposed a s…”
- Tribunal set
- “…remises The Tribunal members were 69 Porchester Terrace London W2 3TT Mrs S Phillips MRICS Mrs A Flynn MRICS Landlord John Mills Address Cluttons LLP, Hyde Park 23 Albion Street London W2 2AS Tenant Mr Simone Piccoli 1. The rent is: £ 5,200 Per month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 24 June 2024 *3. The amount included for services is/is negligible/not…”
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