HAV/45UH/MNR/2024/0638

A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 2-bedroom terraced house in BN14.

Decided: 23 January 2025
Postcode district: BN14
Property: 2-bedroom, Terraced house, false
Rent before: £433 a month
Landlord proposed: £758 a month
Tribunal determined: £676 a month-10.9% on the proposal
Payable from: 25 November 2024
Rules applied: Before the Renters’ Rights Act

What the tribunal said

The tenant argued that the rent was agreed to be fixed at £100 per week for the duration of the tenancy, but the tribunal found no evidence of a perpetual fixed-rent agreement. The tribunal assessed the open market rent for the property in good refurbished condition at £312 per week (£1,350 per month) and applied a 50% deduction (£156 per week) to account for tenant-installed kitchen and bathroom fittings, tenant-provided carpets, curtains and white goods, lack of central heating, rot-infested single glazed windows, and general disrepair.

The property

Mid-terrace two-storey Victorian house. General neglect and lack of maintenance. Softwood single-glazed windows suffering from rot infestation. Dated electric storage heaters, no gas supply or central heating. Kitchen and bathroom fittings, white goods, carpets, and curtains provided by the tenant. Overgrown rear garden.

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