5 Roys Close, Ludgershall, Andover, SP11 9DD
Condition: Unmodernised first-floor flat, unfurnished with no white goods, poor insulation, and cracked internal ceilings.
Evidence considered
- Tenant provided no comparable rental evidence
- Landlord did not respond or submit evidence
- Tribunal relied on its own expert and general knowledge of rental values in the area
- Reference made to other flats in the same block being modernised and supplied with white goods on reletting
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal started from a market rent of £900 pcm for the property in modernised, good condition (based on its own expertise and knowledge of local rental values, as the landlord failed to engage or provide comparables). It then deducted £90 for the property's unmodernised condition (no white goods, lack of upgrades found in other flats in the block) and £50 for the property's location in an area affected by anti-social behaviour near pubs, arriving at a determined market rent of £760 pcm. The tenant's other complaints (poor insulation, cracked ceilings) appear to have been subsumed into the general condition adjustment rather than separately quantified.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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