BIR/41UC/MDT/2024/0600

A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 3-bedroom terraced house in DE14.

Decided: 20 January 2025
Postcode district: DE14
Property: 3-bedroom, Terraced house
Rent before: £400 a month
Landlord proposed: £790 a month
Tribunal determined: £785 a month-0.6% on the proposal
Payable from: 7 October 2024
Rules applied: Before the Renters’ Rights Act

What the tribunal said

The Tribunal set an initial open market rent of £825.00 per month for the property in good tenantable condition. Adjustments were made deducting £20.00 for damp in the third bedroom and £20.00 for fence panels replaced by the tenant, bringing the final rent to £785.00 per month.

The property

The tenant noted dampness in one bedroom making it unusable, as well as tenant-replaced fence panels.

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