SetEarlier rulesCHI/OOHN/MNR/2024/0050

2-bed unfurnished flat, Markham Road, Bournemouth BH9: rent tribunal decision

The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £950 a month on 7 May 2024. Case CHI/OOHN/MNR/2024/0050.

Rent paid before

£777

a month

Landlord proposed

—

a month

Tribunal set

£950

Proposal not stated

Decided: 7 May 2024
Applied: —
Wait: —
Rules: Earlier rules
Notice start date: 1 Mar 2024
Decided on: The papers
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Tribunal region: Southern

The home

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Type: Flat
Bedrooms: 2
Furnishing: Unfurnished
Garden: Yes

As the tribunal described the home in its decision.

What the decision shows

The published decision gives the rent set, £950 a month, but not the landlord’s proposal. Older decisions often publish the rent register entry only.

Disrepair came up in the decision. Condition the landlord is responsible for is usually deducted from the market rent.

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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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.