Flat 408, Anchor House, Smugglers Way, London, SW18 1EN
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 22 July 2025Case LON/00BJ/MNR/2025/0647
Rent before
£2,250
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£2,650
+17.8% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£2,385
+£135 a month (+6.0%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 1 January 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 flat in SW18 from £2,250 a month to £2,650 a month from 1 January 2025. The tribunal determined a rent of £2,385 a month, effective from 1 January 2025. It valued the flat at £2,650 a month in good condition and deducted 10% for mould and other disrepair, giving little weight to the parties' asking rents and agents' letters and relying on its own knowledge of local rents.
What decided it:Property conditionComparables rejected
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
- “…2 Background 1. The tenant lives in the property under a monthly, periodic assured tenancy. The landlord served on the tenant a Notice of Increase, dated 30 November 2024, proposing to increase the rent at the property from £2,250 per month to £2,650 per month with effect from 1 January 2025. 2. On 19 December 2024 the Tribunal received an application from the tenant, dated that day, referring the landlord's Notice of Increase to the t…”
- Asked for
- “…on : 30 May 2025 Date of reasons : 18 July 2025 REASONS FOR DECISION © CROWN COPYRIGHT 2025 2 Background 1. The tenant lives in the property under a monthly, periodic assured tenancy. The landlord served on the tenant a Notice of Increase, dated 30 November 2024, proposing to increase the rent at the property from £2,250 per month to £2,650 per month with effect from 1 January 2025. 2. On 19 December 2024 the Tribunal received an applic…”
- Tribunal set
- “…issue concerning hardship and accordingly we determined that the rent should take effect from the date proposed in the landlord's notice of increase, 1 January 2025. Decision 36. Pursuant to the considerations above, we determined a rent of £2,385 per calendar month in this matter, such rent to take effect from 1 January 2025. Valuer Chairman: Mr Oliver Dowty MRICS Dated: 18 July 2025 8 ANNEX - RIGHTS OF APPEAL By rule 36(2) of the Trib…”
Other decisions in SW18
All of SW18- 33 Nantes Close, London, SW18 1JLPart of it, 1-bed flat, 13 Jul 2026, pre-Act rulesWas £1,400, asked £1,650£1,600Was £1,400, asked £1,650
- 40 Dempster Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1ATPart of it, 2-bed house, 5 May 2026, pre-Act rulesWas £2,639, asked £4,008£2,873Was £2,639, asked £4,008
- 40 Dempster Road, LONDON, SW18 1ATPart of it, 5-bed house, 12 May 2025, pre-Act rulesWas £2,401, asked £3,900£2,639Was £2,401, asked £3,900