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Flat 1, Overcliffe Lodge, 2 Bracken Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 3TB

Above the askPre-Act rulesDecided 27 August 2025Case HAV/00HQ/MNR/2025/0697
Rent before
£650
a month
Matched in the decision text
Landlord asked for
£850
+30.8% on the rent before
Matched in the decision text
Tribunal set
£930
+£280 a month (+43.1%)
Matched in the decision text

BackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 July 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.

In short

The landlord proposed raising the rent of a two-bedroom furnished flat in BH6 from £650 a month to £850 a month. The tribunal determined a market rent of £930 a month, effective from 1 July 2025. It started from its own knowledge of local rents, as neither party supplied comparables, and deducted £120 a month for white goods replaced by the tenant and for general disrepair.

What decided it:Property conditionFurnishingA 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
  • The rent was reduced for the property's condition
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Where the figures came from
Rent before
“…the Respondent (''the landlord'') of the property under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 (''the Act'') to the Tribunal. 2. The Notice, dated 14 May 2025, proposed a new rent of £850 per calendar month in lieu of a passing rent of £650 per calendar month, to take effect from 1 July 2025. 3. Ms J Pearce's tenancy agreement is dated 26 September 2006 and is for a term of six months from 1 September 2006 at a rent of £600 per calendar…”
Asked for
“…') referred a Notice of Increase in Rent (''the Notice'') by the Respondent (''the landlord'') of the property under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 (''the Act'') to the Tribunal. 2. The Notice, dated 14 May 2025, proposed a new rent of £850 per calendar month in lieu of a passing rent of £650 per calendar month, to take effect from 1 July 2025. 3. Ms J Pearce's tenancy agreement is dated 26 September 2006 and is for a term of six…”
Tribunal set
“…ons 13 & 14 of the Housing Act 1988 Tribunal Members : Mr J G G Wilson MRICS Mr B W H Bourne MRICS Date of Application : 14 May 2025 Date of Decision : 27 August 2025 DECISION On 27 August 2025 the Tribunal determined a market rent of £930 (Nine Hundred and Thirty Pounds) per Calendar Month to take effect from 1 July 2025. REASONS Background 1. By way of an application given to the Tribunal dated 18 May 2025 (albeit received on 20 May 2…”