7 South Priors Court, Lings, Weston Favell, Northampton, NN3 8LD
Condition: The property requires repair, refurbishment and redecoration to meet market expectations, as evidenced by extensive photographs of disrepair submitted by the tenant.
Evidence considered
- Tenant submitted 155 photographs and correspondence evidencing disrepair, but no rental comparables
- Landlord submitted no representations or evidence
- Tribunal relied on its own general knowledge and experience of the local rental market in the absence of comparable evidence
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The landlord's section 13 notice sought to raise rent from £1,550 to £1,625 pcm. Neither party provided comparable evidence (the tenant submitted extensive photographs and correspondence evidencing disrepair but no rental comparables), so the tribunal relied on its own knowledge and experience of the local market, taking into account the property's condition and disrepair, and determined the rent at the landlord's proposed figure of £1,625 pcm, effective from the date specified in the notice.
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