Flat 8 Weaver House, Pedley Street, London, E1 5ES: LON/00BG/F77/2022/0087 LON/00BG/F77/2022/0087

FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL
PROPERTY CHAMBER (RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY)
Case No LON/00BG/F77/2022/0087
Mr F FrixouApplicantGateway Housing AssociationRespondent
Ian B HoldsworthVenue 10 Alfred Place, London WC1E 7LRDate 26 October 2022Property: London, E1 5ESType of application: under Section 70 Rent Act 1977 Mr Ian B Holdsworth MSc FRICS

DECISION

[1]The fair rent is 195.18 Per week (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3&4) The effective date is 26 October[3]The amount for services is 6.18 Per week negligible/not applicable[4]The amount for fuel charges (excluding heating and lighting of common parts) not counting for rent allowance is Not Applicable Per week negligible/not applicable[5]The rent is 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 None[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 £270 per week including £ 6.18 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 Ian B Holdsworth Date of decision 26 October 2022 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT CALCULATION LATEST RPI FIGURE X 347.6 PREVIOUS RPI FIGURE Y 292.0 X 347.6 Minus Y 292.0 = (A) 55.6 (A) 55.6 Divided by Y 292.0 = (B) .190411 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) 1.2404 Last registered rent* 152 Multiplied by (C) = 188.54 *(exclusive of any variable service charge) Rounded up to nearest 50p = 189 Variable service charge YES If YES add amount for services 6.18 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT = £195.18 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.