4-bed home, High Street, Peterborough PE6: rent tribunal decision
Landlord proposed £2,500; the First-tier Tribunal set £2,150 (−14%) on 23 Nov 2020 under the earlier rules. Case CAM/00JA/MNR/2020/0025.
- Decided
- 23 Nov 2020
- Applied
- —
- Wait
- —
- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
- 16 Dec 2020
- Decided on
- A hearing
- Council
- Peterborough
- Tribunal region
- Eastern
The home
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Central heating
- No
- Parking
- Yes
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The landlord proposed £2,500 a month. The tribunal set £2,150, £350 a month (−14%) below the proposal: about £4,200 over a year.
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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