Tenancy Management
Pre-tenancy
Before your tenancy starts you have a lot of things to consider as a landlord. Getting the right answers to these questions is one of the best ways of ensuring a stable tenancy with responsible tenants.
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Cover any of the tenant's liabilities or obligations that arise from the assured shorthold tenancy.
The Renters' Rights Act is now in force, one of the most significant areas of change is around rent.
A document check must be completed to establish that tenants have a right to reside in the UK.
These schemes deal with complaints made by tenants or landlords about agents.
Letting agents now have reporting obligations to the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
This guide will act as a primer to help you understand what fees you may be able to charge, as well as how to ensure you do not accidentally fall foul of the legislation.
Starting your tenancy agreement
Once you have found a suitable tenant, the next step is to sign them up to a tenancy agreement. This agreement sets out the obligations that you and your tenant are expected to follow during the lifetime of the tenancy, so it is important that both parties understand what is expected of them.
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Read this guide to discover which type of tenancy agreement is right for you.
This page is intended to guide you through the key requirements of these new default tenancies for the period and provide you with all the resources you need to make the transition to the new regime.
Whether you have made a deliberate investment decision or find yourself an accidental landlord, this guide will get you up and running on the path to becoming a responsible landlord in England.
To help you prove you have met your key legal obligations, we provide a form that you can give to your tenants to confirm they have received key documents at the right time.
Preparing an inventory/schedule of condition is one of the best ways that you can protect yourself as a responsible landlord.
Generally, if an adult lives in a property that you let out, they will be a tenant with rights and responsibilities under the tenancy agreement.
Managing your tenancy effectively
Once your tenants are in your property there are a number of things to consider to manage the tenancy effectively.
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The Renters' Rights Act has started to come into force as of 1 May 2026. One of the most significant areas of change is around tenancy agreements.
This guide is aimed at preparing you for the changeover on your 'existing tenancies'. It explains how the Renters' Rights Act affects them and when, how serving notice may affect them, and provides a number of handy templates and links to help members transition to the new tenancy regime with confidence.
Prior to the Renters’ Rights Act, landlords with assured tenants were able to increase rents in a variety of different ways. This is no longer the case and all rent increases during an Assured Periodic Tenancy must follow a specific procedure.
While many families do live in the private rented sector, a number of properties are classed as house in multiple occupation (HMO). These properties are rented out to people who share no family ties; often the tenants are students or young professionals.
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- Accessing the property during a tenancy
- Performing a mid-tenancy inspection
- Taking over management from your agent
- Managing rent arrears effectively
- Dealing with anti-social behaviour
- How much can a landlord increase rent in 2026?
- Do landlords pay council tax?
- Tenant not paying rent: what landlords need to know
Ending a tenancy agreement
Knowing how to end a tenancy is essential for any landlord. Only 1% of tenancies end via court action, but in the rare cases where you need to apply to court it can be difficult and frustrating to ensure everything is done right.
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Landlords will still be able to end a tenancy when they have a genuine need, but they will rely on the grounds-based Section 8 notice procedure instead.
The guidance on this page is intended to help you check the validity of a Section 21 or Section 8 notice that you served before 1st May 2026 before you apply to court for a possession order.
In this guidance, we explain the different ways in which the tenant can bring the tenancy to an end, because the landlord usually has to rely on the tenant to do so if the landlord wishes to avoid going to court.
This guide covers the procedure the NRLA recommends when tenants leave belongings behind at the end of the tenancy.
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