159 Summerfield Road Solihull B92 8PT
BIR/00CT/MNR/2025/0658 · Solihull · decided 9 Sep 2025
old rules| Rent before the notice | £800 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,100 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,000 +25.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | not stated |
| 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 would initially state that scarcity is only relevant to properties let under the Rent Act 1977 not tenancies falling under the Housing Act 1988. The Tribunal agrees with the Landlord that the market rental value for the Property in good order would be approximately £1,400.00 pcm. However, the Tribunal disagrees with the deduction of a £100.00 pcm for the better condition of the comparables. From the evidence provided, it would appear that the only expenditure of any note since the last increase in rent, has been for the facias, gutters and soffits whilst properties let in the open market generally are in reasonable or better order. The Tribunal therefore considers that an adjustment of £200.00 pcm is required in this respect, the Tribunal therefore adopts £1,200.00 pcm as a starting point. … From this level of rent, the Tribunal has made adjustments in relation to the following: a) Tenant’s white goods b) Tenant’s carpets and curtains c) Allowance for Tenant’s installation of kitchen and bathroom. d) Tenant’s decorating liability at 5% of market rental.
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.