Elenmar, Newham Road, Newham, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2SU
Condition: Semi-detached house with dated kitchen and bathroom, old night storage heating, general wants of repair, and poor access, with tenant providing carpets, curtains and white goods.
Evidence considered
- Tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values rather than specific comparable transactions
- Tenant submitted photographs and comments on location, access, heating, and management issues
- Landlord commented on access road ownership and heating discount but did not appear to submit comparable evidence
- Starting point of £1,300 pcm for a modernised equivalent property, reduced by itemised deductions totalling £460 pcm for location/access, tenant-provided white goods, carpets/curtains, poor heating, dated bathroom and kitchen, and general disrepair
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal determined market rent using its own expert knowledge of local rental values, starting from an estimated £1,300 pcm for a modernised comparable property. It then applied itemised deductions (location/access, tenant-provided white goods, carpets and curtains, poor heating, dated bathroom and kitchen, and general disrepair) totalling £460 pcm, arriving at a market rent of £840 pcm (£2,520 per quarter), which was higher than the landlord's proposed £833.33 pcm figure despite the deductions, reflecting the tribunal's own valuation approach rather than adopting either party's submissions directly. The decision was made on the papers without an oral hearing.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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