CAM/00KB/MNR/2025/0823
A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 1-bedroom flat in MK40.
- Decided
- 25 May 2026
- Postcode district
- MK40
- Property
- 1-bedroom, Flat, 24 m²
- Rent before
- £625 a month
- Landlord proposed
- £725 a month
- Tribunal determined
- £675 a month-6.9% on the proposal
- Payable from
- 8 December 2025
- Rules applied
- Before the Renters’ Rights Act
What the tribunal said
The tribunal determined the market rent at £675 pcm after considering the small size, cramped basement layout, historic flooding risk, and requirement for dehumidification, rejecting the higher landlord comparables which were larger or on upper floors.
The property
Basement flat in good decorative order and repair, but small and cramped with historic flooding issues and damp requiring a dehumidifier.
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