Tribunal Sets Fair Rent Under Rent Acts

OUTCOME: Allowed

FR27 First-tier Tribunal – Property Chamber File Ref No. LON/00AW/F77/2025/0234

Notice of the Tribunal Decision

Rent Act 1977 Schedule 11

Address of Premises The Tribunal members were Flat 218, [NAME], [ADDRESS] [POSTCODE]

Judge [NAME] Tribunal Member [NAME] [APPELLANT].

Tenant Prof. [APPELLANT]. [APPELLANT]

1. The fair rent is £5,200.00 Per quarter (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 n/a Per

negligible/not applicable

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

n/a Per

negligible/not applicable

5. The rent is not to be registered as variable.

6. The capping provisions of the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 apply (please see calculation overleaf).

7. Details (other than rent) where different from Rent Register entry

8. For information only:

(a) The fair rent to be registered is the maximum fair rent as prescribed by the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999. The rent that would otherwise have been registered was £ ............................ per week ..........................

(b) The fair rent to be registered is not limited by the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999, because it is the same as/below the maximum fair rent of £ 6,022 .......... per quarter ....... including £ ......................................... per ................................. for services (variable) prescribed by the Order.

[NAME] of decision 6/10/25

FR27 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT CALCULATION

LATEST RPI FIGURE X 407.7

PREVIOUS RPI FIGURE Y 360.4

X 407.7 Minus Y 360.4 = (A) 47.3

(A) 47.3 Divided by Y 360.4 = (B) 0.1312

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) 1.1812

Last registered rent* £5,098 Multiplied by (C) = £6.021.76 *(exclusive of any variable service charge)

Rounded up to nearest 50p = £6,022

Variable service charge NO If YES add amount for services

MAXIMUM FAIR RENT = £6,022 Per quarter

Explanatory Note

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

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

(a) increasing the previous registered rent 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 rent determination was made.

4. The process differs where the tenancy agreement contains a variable service charge and the rent is to be registered as variable under section 71(4) of the Rent Act 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 rent.

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FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL PROPERTY CHAMBER (RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY) Case Reference : LON/00AW/F77/2025/0234 Property : Flat 218, [NAME], [ADDRESS] [POSTCODE]. Tenant : Prof. [APPELLANT]. Lloyd-Webber Landlord : [APPELLANT]. Type of [NAME] : Assessment of Fair Rent Date of [NAME] : 4 July 2025 Tribunal Members : Tribunal Judge [NAME] Tribunal Member [NAME] of Summary Reasons : 7 October 2025

DECISION

The sum of £5,200 per quarter will be registered as the fair rent 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 4 July 2025 to the Rent Officer’s valuation of the fair rent of the above property at £5,855.85 per

2 quarter with effect from 25 June 2025, the Tribunal has made a determination.

2. The landlord had served a notice proposing a new rent of £5,800 per quarter in place of the existing rent of £5,098 per quarter. The tenancy commenced on 31 August 1973. A tenancy agreement was not included in the papers.

3. A previous fair rent of £5,098 per quarter was registered with effect from 22 December 2022.

Inspection 4. Neither party requested an inspection of the property, and none was carried out.

Evidence 5. The Tribunal has considered the written submissions provided by the tenant and the landlord. Neither party provided its own comparable evidence.

Determination and Valuation – Market Rent 6. Having considered our own knowledge of rental values in the area as an expert Tribunal, our view is that the open market rent for the property would be £800 per week if it was in good condition. This equates to £10,400 per quarter.

7. To reflect the fact that the tenant has a decorating liability, that there are no floor coverings or curtains, that there are no white goods and that the kitchen is unmodernised we have deducted 35%.

8. To reflect the poor lift service and the ongoing rodent infestation we have deducted a further 2.5%

9. The Tribunal has also made a 20% deduction for scarcity from the adjusted market rent.

10. The full valuation is shown below Market Rent

per quarter

£10,400 Less Deductions as set out above of 37.5%

£3,900

Sub-total

£6,500

Less Scarcity of approx. 20%

£1,300

Total

£5,200

3 11. This is a case where the provisions of the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 apply do not apply.

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.