The Landlord Law Market Rent and Tribunal Kit – Section 2.4

2. Completing the MR2 form

As the form is generated individually for each case, we can only provide general guidance here.

Here are some tips:

Use your completed MR2 Form checklist

Have the MR2 Form Checklist you completed in section 2.3 beside you while completing the form. Use it to ensure that you address every point you identified and refer to all the supporting evidence you gathered.

Use our Tribunal Response Evidence Checklist

This is another checklist to help you complete the MR2 form.  Tick the items off as you work through the form.

Answer every question that applies to the case.

If a question does not apply, write “Not applicable” rather than leaving it blank. If you do not know the answer, say so and explain why where appropriate.

Explain disagreements properly

If you disagree with information supplied by the tenant, do not simply tick “Not agreed”. State what you say the correct position is and, wherever possible, identify the document or other evidence which supports your answer.

For example:

“Not agreed. The landlord supplied the cooker, fridge-freezer and washing machine at the beginning of the tenancy. These items are listed in the signed inventory at pages 14–16, a copy of which is attached.”

This is more useful than just saying that the tenant is wrong.

Deal with the rent assessment

Do not simply state that the initial or proposed rent is reasonable. Explain what evidence supports it and attach that evidence.

Set out:

• the rent you say represents the open-market rent;
• how you arrived at that figure;
• the comparable properties on which you rely;
• why those properties are comparable;
• any important differences between them and the property which is the subject of the application; and
• any adjustments you made to allow for those differences.

The Comparable Properties Assessment Pack will help you organise this information.

Evidence of rents actually achieved will generally be stronger than advertisements showing asking rents. If you rely on an advertised property, identify the source and the date on which the information was obtained, and say whether you know that it was subsequently let and at what rent.

Attach copies or screenshots of the evidence rather than supplying links alone. Online listings may be altered or removed before the Tribunal considers the case.

If you have obtained evidence from a letting agent, ask the agent to confirm it in writing and explain the basis of their knowledge.

If the tenant relies only on advertised rents, while your evidence includes rents actually achieved, draw the Tribunal’s attention to this distinction. In Shebalkov & Safin v Get Living London (2026), the Tribunal gave greater weight to the landlord’s evidence of achieved rents than to the tenants’ advertised comparables, although it considered both sets of evidence.

Form 4A

If the application concerns a rent proposed in Form 4A, you should provide with your response:

• a copy of the completed Form 4A;
• evidence showing when and how it was served; and
• any relevant correspondence about the proposed increase.

Note that if you agree a rent with your tenant, you should follow the guidance we give in section 2.3.