7 Granville Place, London, SW6 2HB: LON/00AN/F77/2023/0060 LON/00AN/F77/2023/0060
DECISION
[1]The fair rent is £244.99 inc sc Per Week (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3&4) The effective date is 15 May 2023[3]The amount for services is £12.49 included Per Week negligible/not applicable[4]The amount for fuel charges (excluding heating and lighting of common parts) not counting for rent allowance is nil Per negligible/not applicable[5]The rent is/is not to be registered as variable.[6]The capping provisions of the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999 apply.[7]Details (other than rent) where different from Rent Register entry As rent register. The landlord may charge rent at any level provided it does not exceed the Registered Fair Rent.[8]For information only: Part(a) below, applies (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 £720 per week including £12.49 per week for services (variable).(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 £ per including £ per for services (variable) prescribed by the Order. Chairman N Martindale Date of decision 15 May 2023 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT CALCULATION LATEST RPI FIGURE X 367.20 PREVIOUS RPI FIGURE Y 255.40 X 334.60 Minus Y 255.40 = (A) 111.80 (A) 111.80 Divided by Y 255.40 = (B) 0.4377 First application for re-registration since 1 February 1999 YES/NO If yes (B) plus 1.075 =(c) (C) If no (B) plus 1.05 = (C) 1.4877 Last registered rent* 155.97 (net of 10.53 sc) Multiplied by (C) = 232.04 *(exclusive of any variable service charge) Rounded up to nearest 50p = 232.50 Variable service charge YES If YES add amount for services 12.49 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT = £244.99 Per week 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 application was the first since 1 February 1999) or 5% (if it is a second or subsequent application 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 application of the formula is ascertained the service charge is then added to that sum in order to produce the maximum fair rent.