19 Dekker Road, London, SE21 7DL
Condition: No disrepair identified; property has central heating, carpets, curtains, white goods, off-street parking and a garden.
Evidence considered
- Tenant referred to differing rent levels for similar properties in the same road, but provided no specific comparable evidence
- No landlord submissions or comparable evidence provided
- Tribunal relied on its own general knowledge/expertise of local rental values
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The landlord proposed increasing the rent from £2,080 to £2,175 pcm. The tenant referred the notice but submitted no comparable rental evidence beyond a general belief that similar properties in the road had varying rent levels; the landlord made no submissions at all. The tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values and found no evidence of disrepair warranting a discount, determining an open market rent of £2,175 pcm for the property in good tenantable condition. The tribunal also accepted the tenant's hardship case and set the effective date as the date of the hearing rather than an earlier date.
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