11 Dorset Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 3BB
Condition: Tenant raised issues of damp and mould, a taped-up boiler, and paint-stained carpets, but the tribunal considered these minor and not impacting rental value.
Evidence considered
- No formal comparable evidence was submitted by either party.
- Tenant proposed a rent range of £600-650 pcm based on condition issues but provided no comparables.
- Landlord proposed a rent range of £700-800 pcm based on asserted good condition but provided no comparables.
- Tribunal relied on its own general knowledge and expertise of rental values in the area.
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal relied on its own knowledge and expertise of local rental values, together with the rent ranges suggested by both parties (tenant: £600-650 pcm; landlord: £700-800 pcm), to determine a market rent of £700 pcm. Condition issues raised by the tenant (damp, mould, taped-up boiler, stained carpets) were considered minor and not found to warrant any downward adjustment to the rent.
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