216 Ruxley Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9BN
Part of itPre-Act rulesDecided 11 June 2026Case BIR/00GL/MNR/2025/0623
Rent before
£710
a month
Model-assisted readingLandlord asked for
£850
+19.7% on the rent before
Matched in the decision textTribunal set
£800
+£90 a month (+12.7%)
Matched in the decision textBackdatedThe new rent took effect from 8 March 2025, before the decision was made. Backdating was allowed under the pre-Act rules.
In short
The landlord proposed raising the rent of a three-bedroom terraced house in ST2 to £850 a month. The tribunal, deciding on the papers without a hearing, determined the rent at £800 a month from 8 March 2025. It based this on three-bedroom terraced house rents in the landlord's schedule of comparables and its own knowledge and experience, as the tenants made no submissions.
What decided it:Size
Only the landlord gave the tribunal comparable lettings.
Summary written by an AI model from the published decision and checked automatically for names and figures. How
Also in the decision
- The panel relied on its own knowledge of local rents
Where the figures came from
- Asked for
- “…hree bedroom terraced house. The tenancy commenced on 8 December 2022 at an initial rent of £675 pcm for the first six months. By January 2025 the rent had increased to £710 pcm. 3 On 31 January 2025 the landlord served notice of increase under section 13(2) of The Housing Act 1988 proposing an increase to £850.00 pcm to take effect on 8 March 2025. The rent did not include any Council Tax, water rates or service charges. 4 On 7 March 2…”
- Tribunal set
- “…ere 216 Ruxley Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9BN I D Humphries B.Sc.(Est.Man.) FRICS Judge D R Salter Landlord Lu & Tori Property Ltd Address 31 Codicote Drive, Watford, WD25 9QS Tenant Mr Azeem Nawaz & Mrs Zunaira Khalid 1. The rent is: £ 800.00 Per Calendar month (excluding water rates and council tax but including any amounts in paras 3) 2. The date the decision takes effect is: 8 March 2025 3. The amount included for services is not appl…”