22, Coptefield Drive, Belvedere, DA17 5RJ
Condition: Purpose-built first-floor flat in good lettable condition but lacking white goods and with only basic (recently upgraded) electric heating.
Evidence considered
- Comparable evidence schedules and floor plans submitted by both landlord and tenant
- Tribunal's own expert knowledge of rental values in the Belvedere area, assisted by Rightmove and Google Maps
- No hearing or inspection was held; case decided on papers
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal assessed open market rent at £1,500 pcm using comparable evidence from both parties and its own knowledge of the Belvedere area, then applied a £150 pcm deduction for the absence of white goods and only basic (recently upgraded) electric heating, arriving at £1,350 pcm. The tenant's hardship application under s14(7) was accepted, so the increase took effect from the date of the decision rather than the landlord's proposed earlier date.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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