450 Romsey Road, FLAT 112 COMPASS POINT, Southampton SO16 4JG
Condition: First floor one-bedroom flat with central heating, double glazing and a parking space in a four-storey block, condition not otherwise detailed.
Evidence considered
- Tenant submitted evidence that comparable properties in the same building were marketed between £950 and £975 pcm.
- Tribunal noted numerous similar properties in the same block available to rent for £950-£1,100 pcm.
- Landlord submitted no evidence or representations.
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal relied on the tenant's evidence of comparable properties in the same block marketed between £950 and £1,100 pcm, plus its own knowledge of local rental values. It concluded the subject flat, in its current condition, would let at £950 pcm - the same as the existing rent - and so made no upward adjustment despite the landlord's proposed increase to £1,100. As the determined rent equalled the current rent, no issue of undue hardship over the effective date arose.
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