70 Vicarage Close, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 5EG
Pre-Act rulesDecided 4 November 2024Case LON/00AJ/MNR/2024/0374
Rent before
£1,150
a month
Model-assisted readingLandlord asked for
—
Withheld: our two readings disagreed
Tribunal set
£1,300
+£150 a month (+13.0%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 25 July 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent on a one-bedroom flat in UB5 from £1,150 a month to £1,400 a month. Neither party made submissions, so the tribunal decided on the papers without a hearing and determined a market rent of £1,300 a month from 25 July 2024. It reached that figure using its own knowledge and experience of the Northolt rental market, with no deduction for condition.
What decided it:A party didn't respond
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
Where the figures came from
- Asked for
- “…of Full Reasons : 4 November 2024 STATEMENT OF FULL REASONS ON AN APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF A MARKET RENT UNDER S. 13 AND 14 OF THE HOUSING ACT 1988. 2 REASONS Background 1. On 26 June 2024 t he landlord served a Notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 proposing an increase in the rent of the above property from the passing rent of £1,150 per month to £1,400 per month from 25 July 2024. 2. On 24 July 2024 the tenant ma…”
- Tribunal set
- “…al members were 70 Vicarage Close, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 5EG J A NAYLOR FRICS Landlord Rishi Shinn Address 42 Lyndhurst Avenue, Pinner, London, HA5 3XA Tenant Mr Tharmalingam Kanapathipillai & Mrs Sinnamaiar Jacob 1. The rent is: £ 1,300.00 Per Month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 25th JULY 2024 *3. The amount included for services is/is negligibl…”
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