56 Smeaton Avenue, Smethwick, Birmingham, B66 2EJ
BIR/00CN/MNR/2025/0757 · Sandwell · decided 4 Mar 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,150 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,225 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,225 +6.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Mar 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 25 Apr 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | house, 4 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 carefully considered the evidence provided and particularly the rents of two other semi-detached houses in Smeaton Avenue referred to by the landlord at £1,225 pcm, the same as that proposed for the subject house. However, the Tribunal were not provided with the house numbers and no evidence was offered by the Landlord in confirmation. … Relying on its own expert general knowledge of rental values in the area and the comparables provided by the parties, the Tribunal considers the market rental of the subject property, modernised and in good order, would be in the order of £1,225.00 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it were in the same general condition as the comparable properties with white goods and curtains provided by the landlord.
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.