1-bed unfurnished flat, Southwark Street, Southwark SE1: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £1,172 a month on 21 Apr 2021. Case LON/00BE/MNR/2020/0101.
- Decided
- 21 Apr 2021
- Applied
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- Wait
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- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
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- Decided on
- The papers
- Council
- Southwark
- Tribunal region
- London
- Type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Furnishing
- Unfurnished
- Central heating
- No
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The published decision gives the rent set, £1,172 a month, but not the landlord’s proposal. Older decisions often publish the rent register entry only.
Disrepair came up in the decision. Condition the landlord is responsible for is usually deducted from the market rent.
Evidence and issues
- Landlord sent comparables
- Tenant sent comparables
- Achieved rents cited
- Asking rents cited
- Portal listings cited
- ✓ Disrepair raised
- Damp or mould raised
- Hearing held
- Home inspected
- Landlord used an agent
- Hardship delay asked for
- Landlord ordered to repay the £47 fee
- Notice validity raised
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