Written for landlords who manage their own properties — the law as it now stands, the paperwork it demands, and the parts of letting nobody explains up front.
Everything we've published, newest first.
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Awaab's Law does not yet bind private landlords. A consultation on extending it opened on 8 October 2026, and damp and mould duties already apply today.
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A rented home in England must be EPC band E or better today. From 1 October 2030 the minimum becomes C, with a £10,000 cap on what a landlord must spend.
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An electrical inspection at least every five years, any remedial work done within 28 days, a copy to every tenant — and a maximum penalty that is now £40,000.
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A smoke alarm on every storey, a carbon monoxide alarm beside any fixed combustion appliance, a working check on day one, and a repair once a tenant reports a fault.
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On a room-by-room letting, the owner is liable for council tax, not the tenants — a different rule from an ordinary single let, and one that catches landlords out.
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Every gas appliance and flue checked by a Gas Safe engineer every 12 months, the record kept, and a copy to the tenant within 28 days — regulation 36, plainly.
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A new landlord dashboard nets rent collected through Tenarize against a mortgage figure you type in yourself, plus occupancy and arrears, across your portfolio.
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Seven options, what each one is actually for, and the landlords who should not buy Tenarize. Every price read off the vendor's own site in September 2026.
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Before you can let an inherited property in England, sort out probate, insurance and the mortgage — the compliance checklist comes after that.
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Rental discrimination and rental bidding became unlawful on 1 May 2026, at £7,000 a breach. What you may still do — and the affordability rule that catches people.
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Right to Rent, ID, income, credit, a previous landlord's reference and a guarantor — what each check is for, and why they matter more since Section 21 went.
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Notice periods, deposit deadlines and caps, certificate expiry, late rent interest, HMO licensing and landlord registration — seven calculators, no account needed.
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Every English region now has an opening date and a deadline to register, from the West Midlands (15 December 2026) to the South West (14 November 2027).
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An agent's service level decides who does the work, not who answers for it. On let only you have paid for the easy month and kept every dated duty.
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Rent arrears are decided by what you can date, not what you remember — and if an agent collects your rent, a monthly statement is how you find out.
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A deposit stays your tenant's money until you prove a claim to it. What an adjudicator expects to see, and why your agent's check-in report is your case.
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Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is live above £50,000 gross rent, and drops to £30,000 in 2027, £20,000 in 2028 — what it means for you.
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Since 1 May 2026 a tenant can ask in writing to keep a pet, and you have 28 days to answer in writing and cannot unreasonably refuse. What counts as a reasonable no.
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Every private landlord in England must register on a new government database. It opens 15 December 2026 and reaches everywhere by 14 November 2027.
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Since 1 May 2026 rent on an assured periodic tenancy goes up once a year, on form 4A, with at least two months' notice — and never in the first year.
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Rent, late-payment interest and repair costs post into your own FreeAgent books each night, split by property. Here is what gets sent, and what does not.
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What makes a property a licensable HMO, why the threshold varies by council, and why letting one without the required licence is a criminal offence.
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Your agent holds the certificates, the deposit registration and the paper trail. Ask for all of it in writing before you serve notice, not after.
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A repair moves through four statuses, from reported to resolved. Here is who can log one, how it reaches a supplier, and how the cost comes back out at tax time.
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The duties of letting a property in England attach to you. A management agreement decides who does the work — it does not decide who answers for it.
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A tenancy deposit must be protected in a government-approved scheme within 30 days of receipt — here's what that covers, and what's at risk if the deadline slips.
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Agency fees have started climbing since 1 May 2026 — here's the structural reason why, and what it means if you're weighing self-management.
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Every assured tenancy in England is now periodic from the day it starts — no fixed term, no end date, and nothing that expires on its own.
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It was withdrawn on 1 May 2026. The Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet took its place — here is what to serve, when, and how to prove you did.
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Tenarize is new software for private landlords in England — vetting, compliance, tenancy agreements and rent collection, in one place, from £15 a month.
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Who you check, when, what counts as evidence, and why doing it the same way for every applicant is the part that protects you.
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The sixteen grounds a private landlord can use, which of them are mandatory, and why the notice period comes from the ground rather than from you.
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Ten things have to be in place before a tenant moves in, plus one more if the property is furnished and six if you let it room by room.
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Three things changed on 1 May 2026: Section 21 was abolished, fixed terms went with it, and the How to Rent guide was replaced.
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An honest breakdown of what a full-management fee covers, which parts of it are process, which parts are genuinely worth paying for, and how to tell them apart.
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How letting in England actually works in practice, and what the numbers behind it look like.
Step-by-step walkthroughs of the things a landlord has to get right, in the order they happen.
Changes to the law and the market, and what each one means for a landlord who self-manages.
What has changed in Tenarize, and why.
There is also an RSS feed, and a searchable help centre covering how the product itself works.
If there's a part of letting in England you can't get a straight answer on, tell us — that's how most of these start.