62 Stockport Road, Romilly, Manchester, SK6 3AA
Condition: Tenant alleged disrepair (cellar damp, leaks, worn kitchen) but tribunal found remedial works largely completed and defects insufficiently serious to warrant a rent reduction.
Evidence considered
- Two one-bedroom flats in the same building let at £700 pcm, considered relevant and persuasive
- Rightmove comparable: one-bedroom flat on same road marketed at £795 pcm (March 2026)
- One-bedroom retirement apartment in Romiley advertised at £875 pcm, excluded as an outlier (over-60s complex)
- Tenant provided no comparable rental evidence
- Tribunal relied on its own expert knowledge of local rental values alongside landlord's comparables
Tenant submitted evidence: no. Landlord submitted evidence: yes.
Tribunal's reasoning
The tribunal preferred the landlord's comparable evidence, including two similar flats in the same building let at £700 pcm and a nearby Rightmove listing at £795 pcm, while disregarding a retirement-complex comparable as an outlier; the tenant submitted no comparables. Although the tenant alleged disrepair (cellar damp, leaks, worn kitchen units), the tribunal found that substantial remedial works had been carried out and remaining issues were minor, so no deduction from market rent was warranted. The tribunal also rejected the tenant's undue hardship claim for lack of supporting financial evidence, so the new rent took effect from the date in the landlord's notice.
Read the original decision (PDF, GOV.UK)
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