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  • 5 Jan 2004

    MATTHEW M KINGMAN v. GENTLE INVESTMENT LTD

    Citation
    MATTHEW M KINGMAN v. GENTLE INVESTMENT LTD
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDNT118/2003

    The Tribunal granted the new tenancy for three years from 1 September 2003 and fixed the monthly rent at HK$47,000 exclusive of rates and management fee based on revisions to the comparable rents: excluded an unsuitable comparable (Comparable 4), accepted specific adjustments (time, floor level 0.5% per floor, garden area 345 sqm, car parking at HK$3,000 per space) and rejected speculative adjustments (internal condition, appliance adjustments); the Tribunal apportioned weight between the experts and used a combined approach to derive a unit rate of HK$136.4/m2 leading to the assessed rent of…