114 Fairholme Road, West Croydon, Surrey, CRO 3PH
Condition: No specific condition evidence was submitted; tribunal inferred a below-modern specification given the property had passed through two successions since 1921.
Evidence considered
- No comparable evidence was supplied by either party.
- No evidence on the condition of the property was provided.
- Tribunal used its own expertise/market knowledge to estimate a market rent of £1900 pcm for a property in good tenable contemporary condition.
- Tribunal applied a 25% deduction from that figure to reflect a likely below-modern specification due to the property having passed through two successions since 1921.
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
With no comparable evidence or condition evidence from either party, the tribunal relied on its own expertise to value the property at £1900 pcm as if in good contemporary condition, then applied a 25% downward adjustment to reflect an assumed below-modern specification given the long tenancy history (two successions since 1921), arriving at £1425 pcm.
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