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HAV/00MS/MNR/2025/0604

A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 3-bedroom flat in SO16.

Decided
29 May 2025
Postcode district
SO16
Property
3-bedroom, Flat
Rent before
£595 a month
Landlord proposed
£800 a month
Tribunal determined
£690 a month-13.8% on the proposal
Payable from
31 December 2024
Rules applied
Before the Renters’ Rights Act

What the tribunal said

The tribunal determined an open market rent of £1,000 per month for the flat in good condition, then applied deductions totaling £310 per month for tenant-provided white goods, carpets, and curtains, poor decorative interior, gaps in flooring, rat infestation, dated kitchen and bathroom, inadequate hot water supply, and poor EPC rating. A review application was considered regarding a non-compliant front door and alleged hardship, but the tribunal confirmed the rent of £690 per month effective from 31 December 2024.

The property

Property is in poor decorative interior condition with defective flaking ceilings, open gaps in flooring, rat infestation within the soil stack casing, dated kitchen and bathroom, inadequate hot water supply, and an EPC rating of F. Tenant provides most white goods, carpets, and window coverings.

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