Top Floor Flat, 75 Lavendar Hill, London, SW11 5QL
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 4 April 2025Case LON/00BJ/MNR/2025/0600
Rent before
£1,980
a month
Matched in the decision textLandlord asked for
£2,300
+16.2% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£2,200
+£220 a month (+11.1%)
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 asked for a rent of £2300.00 per month, up from £1980.00 per month, for a two-bedroom maisonette in SW11. The tribunal determined a rent of £2200.00 per month from 1 December 2024. It found an open market rent of £2300.00 per month for the property in good tenantable condition, then deducted £100.00 per month because of condensation and mould caused by an insulation and ventilation issue.
What decided it:Property condition
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
- “…December 2024. ____________________________________ * Full REASONS Background 1. On 4 October 2024 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £2300.00 per month in place of the existing rent of £1980.00 per month to take effect from 1 December 2024. 2. An application dated 10 November 2024 was made under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing Act 1988, the Tenant referred the Landlord'…”
- Asked for
- “….00 per calendar month with effect from 1 December 2024. ____________________________________ * Full REASONS Background 1. On 4 October 2024 the Landlord served a notice under Section 13(2) of the Housing Act 1988 which proposed a new rent of £2300.00 per month in place of the existing rent of £1980.00 per month to take effect from 1 December 2024. 2. An application dated 10 November 2024 was made under Section 13(4)(a) of the Housing A…”
- Tribunal set
- “…Premises The Tribunal members were Top Floor Flat, 75 Lavendar Hill, London, SW11 5QL R Waterhouse FRICS O Miller Landlord Ashok Saxena Address 75 Lavendar Hill London SW11 5QL Tenant Alessio Lopiccolo Ilona Strulak 1. The rent is: £ 2200.00 Per month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 1 December 2024 *3. The amount included for services is/is negligibl…”
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