HAV/21UG/MNR/2025/0618
A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 1-bedroom flat in TN40.
- Decided
- 22 April 2025
- Postcode district
- TN40
- Property
- 1-bedroom, Flat, false
- Rent before
- £550 a month
- Landlord proposed
- £875 a month
- Tribunal determined
- £470 a month-46.3% on the proposal
- Payable from
- 1 February 2025
- Rules applied
- Before the Renters’ Rights Act
What the tribunal said
The tribunal determined an open market rent of £925 per month for the property if in good tenantable condition. Reductions totaling £455 per month were made for general disrepair, layout defects, lack of central heating, unmodernised kitchen and bathroom, and tenant-provided white goods, carpets, and curtains, adjusting the market rent to £470 per month.
The property
The property and building are in very poor condition with various items of disrepair. Features include mould, a polystyrene-covered ceiling in the bedroom, split levels, lack of a wash hand basin in the separate WC, and lack of central heating. The kitchen and bathroom are unmodernised. The tenant provided white goods, carpets, and curtains.
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