126 Coles Lane, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1NP
BIR/00CN/MNR/2019/0030 · Birmingham · decided 30 Jul 2019
old rules| Rent before the notice | £660 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £700 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £680 +3.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 16 Jul 2019 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 22 May 2019 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 3 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
In the first instance the Tribunal determined what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property if it were let today in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting. In the absence of any evidence from either of the parties, it did this by its own general knowledge of the market rent levels in the area of North Birmingham and concluded that the likely market rental would be in the order of £820 per calendar month. … To allow for the tenant's improvements, the age of the wiring and also to reflect the Tenant’s greater decorating liability in respect of the property when compared with an open market letting, the Tribunal considered that an allowance of £90 per calendar month should be made. A further deduction of £50 per calendar month was made for the Tenant’s fittings including floor coverings, curtains and white goods, which are usually provided in an open market letting. … Therefore, the Tribunal having regard to the information provided by the parties, their own inspection and their own general knowledge and experience of market rent levels in the area concluded that an appropriate market rent for the property would be £680.00 per calendar month. … The rent determined by the Tribunal for the purposes of Section 14 was, therefore, £680.00 per calendar month with effect from 16 July 2019. …
An extract. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.