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Cut 0.7%Earlier rulesCAM/00MC/MNR/2025/0803

2-bed flat, Joseph Huntley Walk, Readin RG1: rent tribunal decision

Landlord proposed £2,065; the First-tier Tribunal set £2,050 (−0.7%) on 25 May 2026 under the earlier rules. Case CAM/00MC/MNR/2025/0803.

Rent paid before
£1,950
a month
Landlord proposed
£2,065
+5.9% on the rent paid
Tribunal set
£2,050
−0.7% against the proposal
Decided
25 May 2026
Applied
19 Nov 2025
Wait
187 days
Rules
Earlier rules
Notice start date
1 Dec 2025
Decided on
The papers
Council
Reading
Tribunal region
Eastern

The home

2 2-bed flats decided in Reading →
Type
Flat
Bedrooms
2

As the tribunal described the home in its decision.

What the decision shows

The landlord proposed £2,065 a month (+5.9% on the £1,950 already paid). The tribunal set £2,050, £15 a month (−0.7%) below the proposal: about £180 over a year.

Read the full decision on GOV.UK ↗

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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How Reading compares

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100% cut

Share of 1 new-rules decisions in Reading set below the proposal.

£1,235

Median market rent the tribunal set in Reading, a month.

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Source: every First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) rent decision published on GOV.UK, read by Abide.Rent and refreshed daily (last 23 Oct 2026). Street, town and postcode district only; open any decision for the tribunal’s published reasons on GOV.UK. Rents are shown a month; weekly rents are converted (× 52 ÷ 12). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Decisions are evidence of risk, not a price list. Not legal advice.