Flat 12 Streamside House, 156 Hatton Road, Feltham, TW14 9PY
Condition: Purpose-built flat generally in good condition but with some outstanding minor disrepair to sanitary fittings and redecoration needed in the bathroom at the valuation date.
Evidence considered
- Tenant provided comparable evidence of two-bedroom flats letting at £1,600-£1,700 pcm
- Landlord provided Rightmove comparables of three properties ranging £1,650-£1,900 pcm
- Landlord cited a similar property in the same block recently let at £1,700 pcm
- Landlord provided a surveyor's report and property inspection report confirming leak issues had been largely remedied
- Tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values alongside the submitted comparables
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal assessed the open-market rent for the modernised flat in good condition at £1,700 pcm, based on its own expertise and the comparable evidence from both parties (ranging £1,600-£1,900 pcm for similar two-bedroom flats, including one in the same block). It then deducted £50 to reflect outstanding minor disrepair to sanitary fittings and bathroom redecoration still outstanding at the valuation date, producing a determined rent of £1,650 pcm.
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