29 Thistle Way, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3PB
BIR/00CS/MRA/2026/0013 · Sandwell · decided 11 Aug 2026
| Rent before the notice | £1,360 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,500 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,360 +0.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 22 Aug 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 20 May 2026 |
| Rules | New rules (notice dated on or after 1 May 2026): the tribunal could only confirm or lower 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 found the landlord’s evidence of comparables inadequate in answer to that of the tenants. The landlord’s comparables did not include completed lettings of comparable properties. … In the circumstances the Tribunal accepts and adopts the tenants’ evidence to find that the open market rent for a property of the type and age of the subject property is in the region of £1360.00pcm. Open market Rent 15. £1360.00 Determination 16. Rent determination remains unchanged at £1360.00 with effect from 22 August 2026. … In view of the decision of this Tribunal the tenants are entitled to reimbursement of the fees paid on issue of these proceedings in the sum of £47.00.
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.