3 Welton Drive, Wilmslow, SK9 6HF
Condition: No furniture supplied; condition otherwise not detailed, assessed as being in good order.
Evidence considered
- Neither landlord nor tenant provided comparable evidence
- Tribunal relied on its own general knowledge and expertise of rental values in the Wilmslow area to determine market rent
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
With no comparable evidence submitted by either party, the Tribunal used its own expert knowledge of local rental values to assess the market rent of the semi-detached house in good order at £2,350 pcm, matching the landlord's proposed figure. The tenants' request to keep the rent unchanged was rejected as unsupported by reasons or evidence, and their unparticularised claim of hardship was similarly rejected, so the new rent took effect from the date specified in the landlord's notice.
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