Flat 1, Southdown House, Argyle Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1FP
Condition: A ground floor flat maintained internally to a high standard by the tenant, but with windows in disrepair and a poorly laid out bathroom.
Evidence considered
- Neither party submitted any comparable rental evidence.
- Tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values to set a starting modernised rent of £815 pcm.
- Deductions applied from the starting rent for tenant-provided white goods (£20), tenant-provided curtains (£10), and disrepair/lack of maintenance to windows (£25).
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: no.
Tribunal's reasoning
With no comparable evidence from either party, the tribunal determined a market rent based on its own expert knowledge, starting from a notional modernised rent of £815 pcm for a property in good condition with landlord-provided white goods and curtains. It then deducted amounts for the tenant's own provision of white goods and curtains and for disrepair to the windows, reflecting the property's poor bathroom layout and lack of maintenance, to reach £760 pcm.
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