2-bed unfurnished semi-detached house, Dartington Road, Wigan WN2: rent tribunal decision
The First-tier Tribunal set a market rent of £765 a month on 10 Feb 2025. Case MAN/00BW/MNR/2024/0275.
- Decided
- 10 Feb 2025
- Applied
- —
- Wait
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- Rules
- Earlier rules
- Notice start date
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- Decided on
- The papers
- Council
- Wigan
- Tribunal region
- Northern
- Type
- Semi-detached house
- Bedrooms
- 2
- Furnishing
- Unfurnished
- Garden
- Yes
- Parking
- Yes
As the tribunal described the home in its decision.
What the decision shows
The published decision gives the rent set, £765 a month, but not the landlord’s proposal. Older decisions often publish the rent register entry only.
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
Read from the published text. Highlighted items are mentioned in the decision; read it on GOV.UK for the detail.
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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.