5-bed unfurnished semi-detached house, Dempster Road, Wandsworth SW18: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £2,401 a month on 25 Mar 2024. Case LON/00BJ/MNR/2024/0003.
- Decided
- 25 Mar 2024
- Applied
- —
- Wait
- —
- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
- —
- Decided on
- A hearing
- Council
- Wandsworth
- Tribunal region
- London
- Type
- Semi-detached house
- Bedrooms
- 5
- Furnishing
- Unfurnished
- Central heating
- Yes
- Double glazing
- Yes
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The published decision gives the rent set, £2,401 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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Other decisions in SW18
- Cut 3%
1-bed furnished flat
Nantes Close, Wandsworth SW1813 Jul 2026 · Wandsworth · Earlier rules£1,650£1,600a month - Cut 28.3%
2-bed unfurnished semi-detached house
Dempster Road, Wandsworth SW185 May 2026 · Wandsworth · Earlier rules£4,008£2,873a month - Set
2-bed furnished flat
Smugglers Way, Wandsworth SW18£2,385a month22 Jul 2025 · Wandsworth · Earlier rules - Cut 32.3%
5-bed unfurnished house
Dempster Road, Wandsworth SW1812 May 2025 · Wandsworth · Earlier rules£3,900£2,639a month - Set
2-bed unfurnished flat
Alfarthing Lane, Wandsworth SW18£325a month21 Oct 2020 · Wandsworth · Earlier rules
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