22 Church St., Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7SR
BIR/00CS/MNR/2026/0025 · Sandwell · decided 18 Aug 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £385 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £800 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £750 +94.8% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Rules | Old rules (notice dated before 1 May 2026): the tribunal could also set a rent higher than the landlord's figure. |
| Property | flat, 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 considered all the points made by the parties and it is clearly acknowledged that there is a problem of damp in the flat as seen from the photographs, but the cause is not completely due to one factor. … Nevertheless, the Tribunal has to assess the rent today and at this point, the fans have not been fitted. We find this affects the market rental value. … Relying on the evidence provided by the parties and its own expert general knowledge of rental values in the area, the Tribunal considers the market rental of the subject property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £800 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it were in the condition generally expected by prospective tenants in the market. However, in present condition the Tribunal finds the market rent under section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 to be £750 pcm. … The valuation is shown below: Starting Rent £800.00 pcm Less For damp in the flat £ 50.00 pcm Market rent £750.00 pcm
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.