Tribunal Sets Fair Rent for London Property

OUTCOME: Allowed

FR27 First-tier Tribunal – Property Chamber File Ref No. LON/00BG/F77/2025/0236

Notice of the Tribunal [NAME] 1977 Schedule 11

Address of Premises The Tribunal members were 6B [ADDRESS] [POSTCODE]

Judge [NAME] Tribunal Member [NAME]

[COMPANY].

Tenant Mrs. [APPELLANT]. [APPELLANT]

1. The fair [NAME] is £256.50 Per week (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3&4)

2. The effective date is 6 October 2025

3. The amount for services is £28.37 Per week

negligible/not applicable

4. The amount for fuel charges (excluding heating and lighting of common parts) not counting for [NAME] allowance is

n/a Per

negligible/not applicable

5. The [NAME] is not to be registered as variable.

6. The capping provisions of the [NAME] ([NAME]) Order 1999 apply (please see calculation overleaf).

7. Details (other than [NAME]) where different from [NAME] entry

8. For information only:

(a) The fair [NAME] to be registered is the maximum fair [NAME] as prescribed by the [NAME] ([NAME]) Order 1999. The [NAME] that would otherwise have been registered was £ 420 ...................... per week ..........................

(b) The fair [NAME] to be registered is not limited by the [NAME] ([NAME]) Order 1999, because it is the same as/below the maximum fair [NAME] of £ ................... per .................... including £ ......................................... per ................................. for services (variable) prescribed by the Order.

[NAME] of decision 6/10/25

FR27 [NAME] FIGURE X 407.7

PREVIOUS RPI FIGURE Y 305.5

X 407.7 Minus Y 305.5 = (A) 102.2

(A) 102.2 Divided by Y 305.5 = (B) 0.3345

First [NAME] for re-registration since 1 February 1999 YES/NO

If yes (B) plus 1.075 = (C)

If no (B) plus 1.05 = (C) 1.3845

Last registered [NAME]* £185 Multiplied by (C) = £256.13 *(exclusive of any variable service charge)

Rounded up to nearest 50p = £256.50

Variable service charge NO If YES add amount for services

[NAME] = £256.50 Per week

Explanatory Note

1. The calculation of the maximum fair [NAME], in accordance with the formula contained in the Order, is set out above.

2. In summary, the formula provides for the maximum fair [NAME] to be calculated by:

(a) increasing the previous registered [NAME] by the percentage change in the retail price index (the RPI) since the date of that earlier registration and

(b) adding a further 7.5% (if the present [NAME] was the first since 1 February 1999) or 5% (if it is a second or subsequent [NAME] since that date).

A 7.5% increase is represented, in the calculation set out above, by the addition of 1.075 to (B) and an increase of 5% is represented by the addition of 1.05 to (B).

The result is rounded up to the nearest 50 pence.

3. For the purposes of the calculation the latest RPI figure (x) is that published in the calendar month immediately before the month in which the Tribunal’s fair [NAME] determination was made.

4. The process differs where the tenancy agreement contains a variable service charge and the [NAME] is to be registered as variable under section 71(4) of the [NAME] 1977. In such a case the variable service charge is removed before applying the formula. When the amount determined by the [NAME] of the formula is ascertained the service charge is then added to that sum in order to produce the maximum fair [NAME].

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FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL PROPERTY CHAMBER (RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY) Case Reference : LON/00BG/F77/2025/0236 Property : 6B [ADDRESS] [POSTCODE]. Tenant : Mrs. [APPELLANT]. [APPELLANT] Landlord : [COMPANY]. Type of [NAME] : Assessment of [NAME] of [NAME] : 27 June 2025 Tribunal Members : Tribunal Judge [NAME] Tribunal Member [NAME] of Summary Reasons : 7 October 2025

DECISION

The sum of £256.50 per week will be registered as the fair [NAME] with effect from 6 October 2025, being the date the Tribunal made the decision.

SUMMARY REASONS Background 1. Following an objection by the tenant dated 27 June 2025 to the [NAME]’s valuation of the fair [NAME] of the above property at £249 per week with effect from 30 May 2025, the Tribunal has made a determination.

2. The landlord had served a notice proposing a new [NAME] of £196.20 per week in place of the existing [NAME] of £156.96 per week. The tenancy

2 commenced on 15 August 1985. A tenancy agreement was not included in the papers.

3. A previous fair [NAME] of £185 per week was registered with effect from 26 July 2021.

4. The previously registered [NAME] included £25.45 which was attributable to services. The landlord’s notice increased this to £28.37. These costs are included within the total [NAME].

Inspection 5. Neither party requested an inspection of the property and none was carried out.

Evidence 6. The Tribunal has considered the written submissions provided by the tenant. No submissions were provided by the landlord. Neither party provided its own comparable evidence.

Determination and [NAME] 7. Having considered our own knowledge of rental values in the area as an expert Tribunal, our view is that the open market [NAME] for the property would be £700 per week if it was in good condition.

8. To reflect the fact that the tenant has a decorating liability, that there are no floor coverings or curtains and the fact that no white goods are provided, we have deducted 25%

9. This results in an adjusted market [NAME] of £525 per week.

10. The Tribunal has also made a 20% deduction for scarcity.

11. The full valuation is shown below [NAME]

per week

£700 Less Deductions as set out above of 25%

£175

Sub-total

£525

Less Scarcity of approx. 20%

£105

Total

£420

The [NAME] 12. This is a case where the provisions of the [NAME] ([NAME]) Order 1999 apply. The previous [NAME] was capped at £185 per week. The Tribunal’s calculation in accordance with the statutory formula is attached to this summary decision. This results in a maximum fair [NAME] of £256.50 per week. This is higher than the maximum fair [NAME]

3 determined by the [NAME] officer as time has passed since that determination resulting in a higher retail prices index figure.

13. As the capped [NAME] is lower than the market [NAME] set out above, the capped [NAME] must be registered as the fair [NAME].

Name: Judge [NAME]: 7 October 2025

ANNEX - RIGHTS OF APPEAL

• The Tribunal is required to set out rights of appeal against its decisions by virtue of the rule 36 (2)(c) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal)(Property Chamber) Rules 2013 and these are set out below.

• If a party wishes to appeal against this decision to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) then a written [NAME] for permission must be made to the First-tier Tribunal at the Regional office which has been dealing with the case.

• The [NAME] for permission to appeal must arrive at the Regional office within 28 days after the Tribunal sends written reasons for the decision to the [NAME].

• If the [NAME] is not made within the 28-day time limit, such [NAME] must include a request for an extension of time and the reason for not complying with the 28-day time limit; the Tribunal will then look at such reason(s) and decide whether to allow the [NAME] for permission to appeal to proceed despite not being within the time limit.

• The [NAME] for permission to appeal must identify the decision of the Tribunal to which it relates (i.e. give the date, the property and the case number), state the grounds of appeal, and state the result the party [NAME] the [NAME] is seeking.