Middle Cottage Robin Hood Whatstandwell Matlock Derbyshire DE4 5HF
BIR/17UB/MNR/2025/0684 · Amber Valley · decided 27 Aug 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £585 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £625 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £600 +2.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Jun 2025 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 3 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, 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 the comparables and evidence provided by the Landlord to be helpful and relevant to this matter. The Tribunal also relied on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area, in addition to the comparables provided by the Landlord. … The Tribunal considered that the market rental of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £850.00 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market if it was in the same general condition as the comparable properties including having white goods and carpets and curtains provided by the landlord. … The full valuation is shown below: Starting Rent £800.00 pcm Less a) Items given under a) above £30.00 b) Items given under b) above £0.00 c) Items given under c) above £170.00 £200.00 Market rent £600.00 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.