7 Culland Street, Crewe, CW2 6DQ
Condition: Mid-terrace house in generally satisfactory condition, with disputed minor issues over a non-working oven and rubbish left in a storage area, neither attributed to landlord neglect.
Evidence considered
- Landlord cited an informal agent recommendation based on a similar property but submitted no formal comparable evidence
- Tenant submitted no rental comparables, only a photograph of the rear yard relating to a condition complaint
- Tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values in the absence of evidence from either party
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The landlord proposed increasing rent from £795 to £895 pcm but provided no comparable evidence, only referencing a recommendation from their agent regarding a similar property. The tenant also provided no rental evidence, instead raising condition issues (non-working oven, rubbish left in storage area) which the tribunal found were not due to wilful landlord neglect and so warranted no rent adjustment. Relying on its own expert knowledge of local rental values, the tribunal determined a market rent of £825 pcm for the property in satisfactory condition.
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