First floor flat, 56 Bendemeer Road, London, SW15 1JU: LON/00BJ/F77/2023/0123 LON/00BJ/F77/2023/0123
DECISION
[1]The fair rent is 235.00 Per Week (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3&4) The effective date is 13 June 2023[3]The amount for services is Nil Per 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 (please see calculation overleaf).[7]Details (other than rent) where different from Rent Register entry As register. No double glazing.[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 including £ per 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 £249.00 per Week including NIL …..per week….for services (variable) prescribed by the Order. Chairman N Martindale Date of decision 13 June 2023 MAXIMUM FAIR RENT CALCULATION LATEST RPI FIGURE X 372.80 PREVIOUS RPI FIGURE Y 296.0 X 364.50 Minus Y 296.0 = (A) 76.8 (A) 76.8 Divided by Y 296.0 = (B) 0.2595 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) 1.3095 Last registered rent* 190 pw Multiplied by (C) = 248.80 *(exclusive of any variable service charge) Rounded up to nearest 50p = 249 Variable service charge YES / NO If YES add amount for services MAXIMUM FAIR RENT = £249 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.