Apartment 125 Joshua House, Textile Street, DEWSBURY, WF13 2EY
Condition: Ground floor modern apartment with non-functioning fridge freezer and oven, an unsafe hob, and an EPC rating of E.
Evidence considered
- Tenant cited an apartment in the same complex let at £650 pcm (decoratively similar, working appliances) - given weight
- Tenant cited another apartment in the same complex let at £695 pcm (superior condition, EPC C, top floor) - given some weight as context
- Tenant referenced higher rents (£700+) for fully furnished, higher-spec flats in the complex but tribunal treated these as not directly comparable
- Landlord submitted no comparable evidence, only an assertion that £700 was market rent
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal began from a starting market rent of £675 pcm (the same as the landlord's notice figure of £700 was not adopted; rather £675 was taken as the modernised market rent based on tenant's comparable evidence and the tribunal's own expertise). It then deducted £25 pcm to reflect undisputed defects (non-working fridge freezer, oven, and unsafe hob) raised by the tenant and not contested by the landlord, arriving at a determined rent of £650 pcm, effectively leaving the rent unchanged from the previous passing rent.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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