Flat 4, 233 Beckwith Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 4HW
MAN/00CB/MNR/2026/0139 · Wirral · decided 25 Aug 2026
rules unclearhousing association / affordable rentfigures not yet checked| Rent before the notice | £616.20 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £645.77 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £755 +22.5% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | not stated |
| Rules | Not clear from the decision. |
| Property | flat, 2 bedrooms |
Rents per calendar month as the tribunal recorded them (weekly rents × 52 ÷ 12). Read from the PDF automatically; these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics, so compare them with the original.
From the tribunal's valuation
In accordance with Section 14 of the Act, the Tribunal is to determine what rent the landlord could reasonably be expected to obtain for the property in the open market if it were let on an Assured Tenancy in the condition that is considered usual for such an open market letting exclusive of water rates and council tax. … The Tribunal assesses the rent for the property as at the date of the Landlord’s Notice. The Tribunal disregards any improvements made by the tenant but has regard to the impact on rental value of disrepair which is not due to a failure of the tenant to comply with the terms of the tenancy. … In this case the rent includes an amount identified for fixed service charges. Although the rent payable is identified in the S.13 Notice, the Landlord stated that the service charges are fixed. Accordingly, they are treated as part of the market rent determined by the Tribunal. … The Tribunal considered the Tenant’s submissions: 20. Firstly, that the standard of maintenance of communal areas was not of a standard to justify an increase. This is supported with photographic evidence. Whilst the Landlord had submitted that the issues highlighted had been resolved, the Tenant produced dated evidence showing that the issues have persisted. The Tribunal accepts the Tenant’s submissions that the waste disposal and cleaning arrangements for the block are inadequate. …
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
This decision replaces an earlier one for the same case: 17 Jun 2026.
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.