2-bed unfurnished flat, Sandway Road, Orpington BR5: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £260 a month on 24 Nov 2023. Case LON/00AF/MNR/2023/0115.
- Decided
- 24 Nov 2023
- 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
- Bromley
- Tribunal region
- London
- Type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Furnishing
- Unfurnished
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The published decision gives the rent set, £260 a month, but not the landlord’s proposal. Older decisions often publish the rent register entry only.
Damp or mould 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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Source: every First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) rent decision published on GOV.UK, read by Abide.Rent and refreshed daily (last 23 Oct 2026). Street, town and postcode district only; open any decision for the tribunal’s published reasons on GOV.UK. Rents are shown a month; weekly rents are converted (× 52 ÷ 12). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Decisions are evidence of risk, not a price list. Not legal advice.