21 Tennal Drive, Harborne, Birmingham B32 2DU
BIR/00CN/MNR/2020/0014 · Birmingham · decided 18 May 2020
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £449.58 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £461.54 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £461.54 +2.7% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Apr 2020 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 24 Feb 2020 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 2 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically.
From the tribunal's valuation
The Tribunal had regard to the evidence and submissions of the parties, the relevant law and their own knowledge and experience as an expert Tribunal but not any special or secret knowledge. … The Tribunal’s determination considers what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property if it were let today. As it is a fixed service charge, the Tribunal considers the total amount charged to the Tenants i.e. the rent plus the service charge. It did this by using its own general knowledge of the market rent levels in Birmingham. Taking all factors into consideration, the Tribunal concluded that the likely market rental would be £140.00 per week. However, to allow for the condition the Tribunal makes a deduction of £10.00 per week. … This results in a rental of £107.00 per week including service charge. As this sum is not significantly different from that demanded by the Landlord, the Tribunal adopts that amount. The Tenant should note that the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to reduce the existing rental. … The rent determined by the Tribunal for the purposes of Section 14 is, therefore, £106.51 per week (including fixed service charges of £2.42 per week) with effect from 6 April 2020. … If either party is dissatisfied with this decision they may apply for permission to
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.