CAM/22UE/MNR/2024/0148
A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 2-bedroom in SS8.
- Decided
- 6 January 2025
- Postcode district
- SS8
- Property
- 2-bedroom
- Rent before
- £975 a month
- Landlord proposed
- £1,025 a month
- Tribunal determined
- £1,025 a monthProposal confirmed
- Payable from
- 30 November 2024
- Rules applied
- Before the Renters’ Rights Act
What the tribunal said
The Tribunal set an unadjusted open market rent of £1150 per month based on local comparables. Deductions totaling £125 per month were made to reflect defects and tenant-provided items, including window issues in the second bedroom, worn/absent carpets, lack of white goods, and minor repair issues, arriving at a determined market rent of £1025 per month.
The property
The property has shortcomings including a small, fixed window in the second bedroom that does not allow ventilation, worn or missing carpets, lack of white goods, and minor or delayed repairs.
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