56 Jenny Street Worsley Manchester M283ZJ
Condition: Property has longstanding drainage issues causing loss of use of the downstairs toilet and kitchen flooding for periods each month.
Evidence considered
- Landlord submitted evidence of comparable local properties with asking rents between £1050 and £1250 pcm, used to establish a market rent of £1000 pcm if the property were in good order.
- Tenant submitted no comparable rental evidence but provided unchallenged evidence of ongoing drainage issues, which the Tribunal accepted and used to justify a £100 pcm deduction from the market rent.
- Tribunal also relied on its own expertise and general knowledge of local rental values.
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The Tribunal assessed the market rent for the property in good condition at £1000 pcm, based on landlord-submitted comparables (£1050-£1250 pcm) and its own expertise, assuming the property had white goods and curtains/floor coverings as in the comparables. It then deducted £100 pcm to reflect unchallenged evidence of longstanding drainage problems causing loss of toilet use and kitchen flooding, arriving at a determined rent of £900 pcm. As the tenants showed no evidence of undue hardship, the new rent took effect from the date in the landlord's notice.
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