| Comment | The very short answer is: They've given you more than enough notice legally speaking (3 months is the minimum), they can only legally increase rent once every 12 months, and as far as increases go £25 is much lower than most other places at the moment. I wouldn't bother fighting it in this case.
If you did want to contest it though, it's not a massively difficult process - you fill in a short form, usually have a visit from the Rent Officer, and within 40 days they make a judgement. What they do is they look at comparable properties in the area, and use that to decide what the rent should be. That being said, this could mean increasing the rent above the proposed increase, so this isn't "risk-free", and to be frank a £25 difference isn't worth it for potentially straining the relationship with your letting agent, especially if it seems good at the moment.
And as I mentioned above, because the frequency of increases is limited, a £25 increase now means you'll have that rent fixed for at least a year which is pretty nice. |
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