The certificates, the paperwork and the deadlines that come with letting a property, plus everything that changed when the Renters' Rights Act landed.
From 15 December 2026 landlords in England register themselves and each home they let on the government's Register your rental property service, with regions called forward a month apart and the last deadline on 14 November 2027. Here's every deadline, how the £65 fee works and what to have ready before your turn comes.
Since 1 May 2026 the start of a tenancy in England looks different: no fixed term, no section 21 and no How to Rent guide, with a written statement of terms that has to come before the tenancy is agreed. Here's everything a new tenant must be given or checked, with the deadline and the proof to keep for each.
Each record runs on its own clock: a gas check every year, an electrical report at least every five, an EPC every ten and alarms checked on the first day of every tenancy. Here's each one as a calendar entry, with who may do it, when the tenant gets a copy and what to keep, for England first and then Wales and Scotland.
