BIR/00FK/MNR/2025/0811
A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 2-bedroom flat in DE22.
- Decided
- 9 March 2026
- Postcode district
- DE22
- Property
- 2-bedroom, Flat, true
- Rent before
- £675 a month
- Landlord proposed
- £725 a month
- Tribunal determined
- £712 a month-1.8% on the proposal
- Payable from
- 5 October 2025
- Rules applied
- Before the Renters’ Rights Act
What the tribunal said
The tribunal determined an open market rent of £760.00 per month assuming good condition. Deductions were made of £10.00 for defective hallway woodwork, bedroom carpet, and bathroom ceiling, plus £38.00 (5%) for the tenant's internal decorating obligation, arriving at a fair market rent of £712.00 per month.
The property
Damaged carpet in the second bedroom, damage to hallway woodwork from a previous leak, and redecoration required to the bathroom ceiling.
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