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MAN/00BN/MNR/2025/0909

A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 2-bedroom terraced house in M38.

Decided
1 August 2025
Postcode district
M38
Property
2-bedroom, Terraced house
Rent before
£500 a month
Landlord proposed
£895 a month
Tribunal determined
£710 a month-20.7% on the proposal
Payable from
1 August 2025
Rules applied
Before the Renters’ Rights Act

What the tribunal said

The tribunal assessed the market rent for the property in a modernised condition at £850 per month. Deductions totaling £140 per month were made to reflect tenant-provided carpets and white goods, necessary kitchen improvements, and general condition issues (broken tiles and faulty garden fencing), resulting in a market rent of £710 per month. A postponement for undue hardship was refused due to lack of supporting evidence.

The property

The property has a dated kitchen requiring replacement, broken kitchen floor tiles, faulty garden fencing, and a history of power socket failure, water leak from bathroom impacting kitchen light, and rodent issues. The tenant provided carpets, white goods (except cooker), and carried out some repairs.

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Published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber). Names and addresses are removed before we store anything; figures are read from the decision itself, and the original is linked above so you can check them.