7A Westbere Road, London, NW2 3SP
Condition: Tribunal assessed rent on an assumed condition basis, noting the tenancy had no carpets, curtains or white goods provided.
Evidence considered
- No written submissions or comparable evidence were provided by either party
- Tribunal relied on its own expert/general knowledge of local rental values to estimate an open market rent of approximately £450 per week before adjustments
- Statutory cap applied under the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999, calculated from the previous registered rent uprated by RPI
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
This is a fair rent determination under the Rent Act 1977, not a Housing Act 1988 market rent case. In the absence of comparable evidence from either party, the tribunal relied on its own general knowledge of local rental values, assessing the open market rent at around £450 per week before adjustments for assumed condition, tenancy terms (no carpets, curtains or white goods, variable service charge) and scarcity, producing an uncapped fair rent of £277.07 per week. This was then capped under the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999, calculated by applying RPI-based uplift to the previous registered rent of £184.00 per week plus the variable service charge of £7.07, producing a capped maximum fair rent of £270.07 per week, which was registered as the fair rent.
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