Flat 29 De Havilland Building, Leigh St. High Wycombe HP11 2WP
Pre-Act rulesDecided 3 February 2025Case CAM/00MX/MNR/2024/0630
Rent before
£1,100
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£1,350
+22.7% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
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Withheld: our two readings disagreed
BackdatedThe 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, Birchloch Ltd, proposed raising the rent on a one-bedroom flat in HP11 from £1100 a month to £1350 a month. The tribunal valued the flat at £1150 a month in good order, based on its own knowledge of local rents and the oversupply of new flats in the area. It deducted £50 a month for minor, persistent disrepair and set the rent at £1100 a month from 1 December 2024.
What decided it:Property conditionLocation
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
- “…ase of rent served by the landlord, under S.13 of the Housing Act 1988 (the Act). 2 The notice, dated 14 October 2024, proposed a new rent of £1350 per calendar month, with effect from and including 1 December 2024. The passing rent was said to be £1100 per calendar month. 3 The tenancy is an assured shorthold periodic monthly tenancy. A copy of the last tenancy agreement was provided. It began on 6 April 2023 when the rent was £1100 pc…”
- Asked for
- “…ed an application dated 26 November 2024 from the 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 14 October 2024, proposed a new rent of £1350 per calendar month, with effect from and including 1 December 2024. The passing rent was said to be £1100 per calendar month. 3 The tenancy is an assured shorthold periodic monthly tenancy. A…”
- Tribunal set
- “…Based on the Tribunal's own general knowledge of market rent levels in and around High Wycombe especially in the industrial areas of the town such as the location of the Property, it determines that the subject Property would let on a normal Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) terms, for £1150 per calendar month, fully fitted and in good order. 18 The Tribunal also finds that there has been minor but persistent disrepair in the Property and…”
Other decisions in HP11
All of HP11- Flat 4, 755 London Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1HHStruck out, Flat, 16 Feb 2026, pre-Act rulesNo rent set
- 34A Green Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2RAPart of it, 2-bed flat, 27 Jan 2025, pre-Act rulesWas £700, asked £1,200£750Was £700, asked £1,200
- 15 Bishops Building, The Old Works, High Wycombe, HP11 2WQStruck out, 9 Dec 2024, pre-Act rulesNo rent set