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Cut 32.3%Earlier rulesLON/00BJ/MNR/2025/0628

5-bed unfurnished house, Dempster Road, Wandsworth SW18: rent tribunal decision

Landlord proposed £3,900; the First-tier Tribunal set £2,639 (−32.3%) on 12 May 2025 under the earlier rules. Case LON/00BJ/MNR/2025/0628.

Rent paid before
£2,401
a month
Landlord proposed
£3,900
+62.5% on the rent paid
Tribunal set
£2,639
−32.3% against the proposal
Decided
12 May 2025
Applied
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Wait
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Rules
Earlier rules
Notice start date
9 Dec 2024
Decided on
The papers
Council
Wandsworth
Tribunal region
London

The home

2 5+ bed houses decided in Wandsworth →
Type
House
Bedrooms
5
Furnishing
Unfurnished

As the tribunal described the home in its decision.

What the decision shows

The landlord proposed £3,900 a month (+62.5% on the £2,401 already paid). The tribunal set £2,639, £1,261 a month (−32.3%) below the proposal: about £15,132 over a year.

Damp or mould came up in the decision. Condition the landlord is responsible for is usually deducted from the market rent.

Read the full decision on GOV.UK ↗

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

Read from the published text. Highlighted items are mentioned in the decision; read it on GOV.UK for the detail.

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How Wandsworth compares

All decisions in Wandsworth →
67% cut

Share of 3 new-rules decisions in Wandsworth set below the proposal.

£1,664

Median market rent the tribunal set in Wandsworth, a month.

45

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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.