Flat No 14, 45 Arkwright Avenue, Rochdale, England, OL16 2BS
MAN/00BP/MRA/2026/0036 · Rochdale · decided 29 Jul 2026
| Rent before the notice | £1,000 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £1,030 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £990 −1.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 27 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 | flat, 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
Of the comparables provided, those provided by the Tenant and the first two provided by the Landlord are considered relevant. The New Baillie Street properties have been discounted due to the significant extra building amenities included. … In considering the comparables, the Tribunal notes that the Landlord’s comparables appear to be for sitting Tenants and assume that they are the result of agreed rent reviews. Tenants often agreed rent increases with little resistance, being fearful of losing their home and whilst the Renters Rights Act has changed that, there is inevitably a delay in attitudes changing. Therefore, that the Landlord is advertising identical properties for significantly lower rents, would suggest that the Landlord’s comparables do not reflect the current market rent to the same extent that the Tenant’s comparables do. … Relying on its own expertise and general knowledge of rental values in the area, and the comparables provided by the Landlord/the Tenant, the Tribunal considers that the market rent of the subject Property modernised and in good order would be in the order of £990.00 pcm. This is the rent we would expect the property to let for in the open market at the valuation date and if it was in the same general condition as the comparables. … There is no evidence to suggest that any adjustment to the market rent figure is required. …
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.