84 Acanthus Drive, Bermondsey, London, SE1 5HJ
Condition: Purpose built maisonette with carpets, double glazing and electric storage heaters.
Evidence considered
- Landlord submitted a list of comparable properties; tribunal found most representative of the market, excluding the last five in the list
- Tenant provided no comparable evidence
- Tribunal also relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal found the landlord's notice valid (noting that final validity is ultimately a matter for the County Court) and proceeded to determine the rent. It accepted most of the landlord's comparable evidence as representative of the market (excluding the last five properties listed) and combined this with its own expert knowledge of local rental values to determine a market rent of £1,900 pcm, matching the landlord's proposed figure. The tenant provided no comparables and the tribunal rejected her suggested lower rent. Due to accepted undue hardship from the tenant's Universal Credit circumstances, the new rent was set to start from the date of the decision rather than the date in the landlord's notice.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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