21 Triangle Building, Wolverton Park Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5FJ
Condition: A roughly ten-year-old ground floor flat with signs of wear and tear, basic fittings, and lacking controlled access or balcony found in newer comparables.
Evidence considered
- Tenant comparable: Trevithick Court, same development, smaller (54m2), newer, initially £1,150 pcm reduced to £1,125 pcm - given significant weight
- Tenant/Landlord comparable: Hamilton House, same development, two variants (58m2 at £1,250 pcm and 48m2 at £1,185 pcm) - given weight
- Landlord comparable: Lonsdale, same development, larger (66m2) and more modern with canal views, at £1,210 pcm - treated as most spatially relevant and reliable comparable
- Landlord comparable: Teeswater Way, Whitehouse (different development) - given less weight
- Several comparables in Central Milton Keynes (Witan Gate, Rillaton Walk, Carnegie House, Merrivale Mews, Silbury Boulevard) - excluded as a different rental market over five miles away
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal excluded comparables in Central Milton Keynes and a differing development (Whitehouse) as being a different rental market over five miles away, focusing instead on four comparables within the same development as the subject property, ranging from £1,125 to £1,250 pcm. It found the market rent lay above the tenant's proposed £1,050 pcm but below the landlord's proposed £1,196 pcm, treating the Lonsdale comparable (same development, 66m2) as most reliable despite being more modern. Balancing the subject property's slightly larger size against its older specification, lack of controlled access, and absence of a balcony, the tribunal determined an open-market rent of £1,150 pcm.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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