2-bed detached house, Battison Street, Bedford MK40: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of — a month on 9 Dec 2024. Case CAM/00KB/MNR/2024/0606.
- Decided
- 9 Dec 2024
- Applied
- —
- Wait
- —
- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Decided on
- A hearing
- Council
- Bedford
- Tribunal region
- Eastern
- Type
- Detached house
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Central heating
- Yes
- Double glazing
- Yes
- Garden
- Yes
- Parking
- Yes
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
Damp or mould came up in the decision. Condition the landlord is responsible for is usually deducted from the market rent.
Evidence and issues
- Landlord sent comparables
- ✓ Tenant sent comparables
- Achieved rents cited
- Asking rents cited
- Portal listings cited
- Disrepair raised
- ✓ Damp or mould raised
- ✓ Hearing held
- Home inspected
- Landlord used an agent
- Hardship delay asked for
- Landlord ordered to repay the £47 fee
- Notice validity raised
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