37 Clancey Way, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3UX
BIR/00CR/MNR/2020/0025 · Dudley · decided 26 Jun 2020
old ruleshousing association / affordable rent| Rent before the notice | £463.02 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £486.46 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £637 +37.6% 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, 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
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 service charge in respect of this Property is a “fixed” service charge (as opposed to a “variable” service charge under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) as stated on the notice of increase. Despite the fact that this charge may actually vary over the years, the Tribunal cannot consider this item independently of the rent. The Tribunal must consider the both items together; the total amount charged to the Tenants i.e. the rent plus the service charge. … Initially, the Tribunal’s determination considers what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the Property if it were let today. It did this by using its own general knowledge of the market rent levels in Halesowen. Taking all factors into consideration, the Tribunal concluded that the likely market rental would be £160.00 per week. … This results in a rental of £147.00 per week including service charge. … The rent determined by the Tribunal for the purposes of Section 14 was therefore, £147.00 per week (including fixed service charges of £2.54 per week) with effect from 6 April 2020. …
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.