84 Gower Chase Laindon Essex, SS15 5BT
Pre-Act rulesDecided 9 December 2024Case CAM/22UB/MNR/2024/0604
Rent before
£570
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£613
+7.7% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
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Withheld: failed a sanity check
BackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 November 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord, Swan Housing Association, proposed a rent of £613.37 a month, up from £569.52 a month, for a two-bedroom house in SS15. The tribunal decided a rent of £1,250 a month from 1 November 2024, valuing the property at £1,350 a month from its own knowledge of local rents and then deducting £100 a month because carpets, curtains and white goods were not supplied by the landlord.
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
- The rent was reduced for the property's condition
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with effect from and including 23 October 2020, originally on a fixed term now expired. A copy was provided. 4 The rent payable from up to and including 2 September 2024 was £569.52 per calendar month. No furniture or services were included. Directions 5 Directions, dated 14 October 2024, for the progression of the case, were issued…”
- Asked for
- “…eived an application dated 16 October 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 24 September 2024, proposed a new rent of £613.37 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 1 November 2024. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with e…”
Other decisions in SS15
All of SS15- 52 Mellow Progress Close Laindon Essex SS15 5XSPart of it, 3-bed maisonette, 11 Aug 2025, pre-Act rulesWas £1,450, asked £1,550£1,530Was £1,450, asked £1,550