Full increasePre-Act rulesDecided 3 February 2025Case CAM/00MX/MNR/2024/0630
Rent before
£1,250
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,400
+12.0% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£1,400
+£150 a month (+12.0%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 December 2024, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed a new rent of £1400 a month, up from £1250 a month, for a two-bedroom terraced house in WD23. The tribunal determined £1400 a month from 1 December 2024, after valuing the house at £1750 a month in good order and deducting £350 a month. It made the deduction because the kitchen and bathroom were dated, there was some minor damp, and white goods and curtains were missing.
What decided it:Property conditionFurnishing
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
Where the figures came from
- Rent before
- “…e tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with effect from and including 9 October 2015, though the date for rent to be paid was later changed to the 1st of the calendar month. A copy was provided. 4 The rent payable from up to and including 8 October 2024 was £1250 per calendar month. No furniture or services were included. Directions 5 Directions, dated 12 December 2024, for the progression of the case, were issued by…”
- Asked for
- “…art 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). 2 The notice (re-served), dated 3 October 2024, proposed a new rent of £1400 per calendar month exclusive, with effect from and including 1 December 2024. This rent does not include other services. 3 The tenancy is an assured periodic calendar monthly tenancy with eff…”
- Tribunal set
- “…orative order but only as a result of the tenant's work to it over the years and that would have to be ignored for the rental valuation. For these significant shortcomings the Tribunal makes a deduction of £350 pcm. The new rent will therefore be £1400 pcm with effect from 1 December 2024. 15 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 gov…”
Other decisions in WD23
All of WD23- 8 Greenwood Close, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, WD23 4GEFull increase, 1-bed flat, 30 Mar 2026, pre-Act rulesWas £980, asked £1,150£1,150Was £980, asked £1,150