Room 7, 98 Lexham Gardens, London, W8 9JQ
Condition: The room, within a tired mansion block, needs modernisation with a defective fridge, poor decorations, disrepair to electrics, a leak from above, and an unrepaired shower forcing an elderly tenant to use stairs to a shared bathroom.
Evidence considered
- Tribunal's own inspection of the property and common areas
- Written submissions from both tenant and landlord including comparable evidence
- Tribunal's own expert (surveyor) general knowledge of rental values in the area
Tenant submitted evidence: yes. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal assessed the open market rent for the room in good condition at £1,100 pcm using its own expert knowledge and the parties' comparable evidence, then deducted 20% for disrepair/lack of modernisation and a further 20% for scarcity, giving an uncapped fair rent of £660 pcm. Although adding services would have produced a maximum fair rent of £751.50 pcm, the statutory cap under the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 was higher (£898.01), so the lower uncapped figure of £660 pcm was registered as the fair rent.
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