4 Tofts Cottages, Newton, Stocksfield, NE43 7UL
MAN/00EM/MRA/2026/0096 · Northumberland · decided 19 Aug 2026
| Rent before the notice | £625 |
|---|---|
| Rent the landlord proposed | £750 |
| Rent the tribunal decided | £750 +20.0% on the rent before |
| New rent takes effect | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Date of the landlord's notice | 20 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 | 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 comparable evidence provided by both parties but on balance attributed greater weight to the Landlord’s comparable evidence as being more detailed and numerous. … Relying on its own expert, general knowledge of rental values in the area and the comparables provided by the parties, the Tribunal considers that the market rental of the subject Property in good order would be in the order of £950.00 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 comparable properties. … On the question of pest infestation, whilst the cleanliness of the property is a matter for the Tenant, any structural deficiencies allowing pest ingress would fall upon the Landlord to deal with. The Tribunal did not have sufficient evidence as to the cause of the issue in this case. … The full valuation is shown below: Starting Rent £950.00 pcm Less a) Items given under a) above £150.00 Market rent £800.00 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.