13 Sparrows Close, Bedford, MK42 6GL
CAM/00KB/MNR/2026/0100 · Bedford · decided 9 Jul 2026
old rules| Rent before the notice | £1,775 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,875 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £1,875 +5.6% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 6 Jun 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 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 Tenants submit that the rent agreed on the grant of the tenancy was too high. However, the Tribunal's task is to determine the current market rent. The rent originally agreed between the parties was individually negotiated twelve months previously and is therefore not relevant to the Tribunal's determination. … The Tenants refer to a number of larger neighbouring rental properties with rents of between £1,700 and £1,850 per calendar month. However, as no addresses or further particulars have been provided, or dates when those rents were achieved, the Tribunal is unable to assess whether those properties are truly comparable and therefore attaches no weight to this evidence. … However, the Tribunal is mindful that landlords respond to prevailing market conditions. The period between November and January is traditionally a quieter period for lettings activity and landlords may adjust rents or offer incentives accordingly. The Tribunal's task is to determine the open market rent as of 6 June 2026. Market conditions on that date may have been materially different from those prevailing in December 2025, and the rent at which a property was marketed at that earlier time is therefore of limited assistance in determining the market rent at the valuation date. …
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.