71 Danum House, Doncaster DN1 1DD
Condition: A small, well-maintained one-bedroom flat on the top floor of a central Doncaster building, with no working lift or door entry system and a broken postbox.
Evidence considered
- No comparable rent evidence was submitted by either party.
- Tribunal relied on its own professional knowledge of local market rents.
- Current asking rents for one-bedroom flats in the same building were £650-£675 per month.
- Other one-bedroom flats in the central Doncaster area were known to start at around £450 per month.
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal inspected the property and, with no comparable evidence submitted by either party, relied on its own knowledge of local rents, noting current asking rents for one-bedroom flats in the same building of £650-£675 and other one-bed flats in the area starting around £450. It then discounted from the top of that range due to the flat's defects: no working lift, broken/insecure postbox, no working door entry system requiring occupants to let visitors in, and an exceptionally small living space, arriving at £550 per month.
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