FLAT 3 , 6 Queensland Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2AB
HAV/00HQ/MNR/2026/0155 · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 19 Aug 2026
old rulesThe tribunal did not set a rent in this decision (for example, the application was withdrawn or struck out, or this is a later ruling on an earlier decision). See the original for details.
| Rent before the notice | £1,400 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,600 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 20 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 | flat |
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 noted the following regarding the purported s.13 notice: a. The notice is not in the prescribed form. b. … The failure to include the guidance notes does not prevent the notice from being understood by a reasonable recipient of the notice with knowledge of the background circumstances. The failure to include the guidance notes prejudices the Tenants, as they have not been provided with a document setting out the mandatory requirements of a s.13 notice and the steps they can take regarding a potentially invalid s.13 notice. c. The purported notice does not include the Landlord’s address. This omission does not prevent a reasonable recipient with knowledge of the background circumstances from understanding the notice. d. The purported notice does not include the information relating to previous rent increases after 11 February 2023. This omission does not prevent a reasonable recipient with knowledge of the
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.