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Roof area valuation
  • 23 Mar 2005

    RUTH KING v. NIGEL SMITH

    Citation
    RUTH KING v. NIGEL SMITH
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDNT59/2004

    The Tribunal granted the new tenancy for two years commencing 1 May 2004 with the same other terms as the previous tenancy because the applicant was entitled to a 2‑year term under the former Part IV regime and the respondent, having purchased the property less than one year earlier, could not establish self‑occupation to reduce the term; on valuation the Tribunal preferred and adopted the applicant's surveyor's measured roof area (128.29 sq.m.), the 1/10 roof conversion factor, selected and adjusted comparables primarily from the same building, adopted a lump‑sum air‑conditioning monthly equ…