Rent going up?
Make them prove it.
Since May 2026 your landlord can only raise the rent once a year, and you can challenge it at a tribunal that cannot set the rent higher than they asked. Knocking £85 a month off an unfair rise keeps over £1,000 a year in your pocket. Check your increase against official ONS rents for your area, free.
1 · Check it, free
Your proposed rent vs the official ONS average for your home size, scaled to your postcode district where the sold prices justify it, plus how fast local rents actually grew.
2 · Send the letter
A polite, data-cited negotiation letter. Most landlords settle here. Nobody wants a tribunal date.
3 · Tribunal, if needed
Form MR1 answers pre-filled, your evidence formatted, your deadline calculated. The tribunal can't set rent above what your landlord asked, so challenging has no upside risk.
Want to see what the free evidence pack looks like first?
Here's a complete pack for a Walthamstow flat: the evidence, your rent on the official index, what the property's own records add, the letter, answers for the pushback, the form answers and the key dates.
See the example pack →