85B Park Lane, Croydon, CRO 1JN
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 27 November 2025Case LON/00AH/MNR/2025/0817
Rent before
£1,100
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,850
+68.2% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,550
+£450 a month (+40.9%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 4 May 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed a rent of £1,850 per calendar month for a two-bedroom flat in CR0, and the tribunal determined a rent of £1,550 per calendar month from 4 May 2025. The tribunal gave more weight to the tenant's comparables, which were in converted houses, than to the landlord's comparables in modern purpose-built blocks. It found the disrepair it saw was caused by the tenant, so it made no deduction for condition, and it did not find undue hardship to be shown.
What decided it:Comparables rejectedProperty conditionHardship
Both sides gave the tribunal comparable lettings.
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 tenant applied for a later start on hardship grounds
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…m 4 May 2025. ____________________________________ 2 REASONS Background 1. On 18 March 2025 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £1,850 per calendar month in place of the existing rent of £1,100 per calendar month to take effect from 4 May 2025. 2. On 25 April 2025, under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988, the Tenant referred the Landlord's notice proposing a new re…”
- Asked for
- “…rent of £1,550 per calendar month with effect from 4 May 2025. ____________________________________ 2 REASONS Background 1. On 18 March 2025 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £1,850 per calendar month in place of the existing rent of £1,100 per calendar month to take effect from 4 May 2025. 2. On 25 April 2025, under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988, the Tenant…”
- Tribunal set
- “…Tribunal members were 85B Park Lane, Croydon, CR0 1JJ Ms S Beckwith MRICS Mr P Morris MRICS Landlord Mr Kamlesh Desai Address 26 Barclay Road Croydon Surrey CR0 1JN Tenant Mr Munwar Hussain & Mrs Sadia Munwar Hussain 1. The rent is: £ 1,550 Per month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 4 May 2025 *3. The amount included for services is not applicable Per…”
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