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HAV/29UD/MNR/2025/0817

A First-tier Tribunal decision on the rent for a 2-bedroom semi-detached house in DA2.

Decided
11 March 2026
Postcode district
DA2
Property
2-bedroom, Semi-detached house
Rent before
£1,795 a month
Landlord proposed
£1,900 a month
Tribunal determined
£1,865 a month-1.8% on the proposal
Payable from
22 December 2025
Rules applied
Before the Renters’ Rights Act

What the tribunal said

The tribunal considered evidence of actual lettings and renewals within the development, setting an unadjusted open market rent of £1,875 per month. It applied a £10 per month deduction to account for the tenant providing blinds, determining the market rent at £1,865 per month with effect from 22 December 2025.

The property

Nearly new property. Tenant reported that blinds were not provided at start of tenancy contrary to agreement; landlord's agent claimed blinds and curtain poles were fitted except on patio doors. Tribunal made a £10 per month deduction to reflect tenant providing blinds.

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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.