HL 26 November 1987. In 1964 the appellant (D) took a tenancy of two semi-detached derelict cottages and six acres of land at a rent of 52 pa. D reconstructed one cottage, whose rateable value (rv) in 1966 was 42 which he occupied while reconstructing the other and constructing a five-door garage building,with a combined rv of 57. In 1977 D obtained vacant possesion of the second cottage, inserted connecting doors and occupied the two as one dwelling. In February 1981 D served notice on the landlord (A) to purchase the freehold of the house and garages under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 claiming the rv at that date was 100. A opposed this claim. The court held that D was entitled to the freehold because his rent, by 1981 51.44 was less than two-thirds of the rv and therefore a low rent for the purposes of the act. The CA allowed an appeal by the landlord on the grounds that the garages should not have been included in the calculation making the rv 72 therefore the rent was not a ` low r