England Landlord Guidance
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Useful Links
From 1 October 2015, big changes were made to section 21 Housing Act 1988 for tenancies in England. Some of these ...
The long awaited decision from the Court of Appeal for Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield (2020) EWCA Civ 760 (18 ...
Please note, this checklist applies to ENGLAND. For Wales, please see here.
The vast majority of problems with ...
Prescribed Legal Requirements Before Serving A Section 21 Notice
In this part of our series we look at ...
Under regulation 36 The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, landlords have certain duties in ...
Landlord’s Housing Management Functions
A very common question that we get is what to do when a tenant refuses to ...
Sometimes when a boiler has been installed in the past, the flue needed to run behind walls or through ceiling ...
Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 / 2451
The regulations require landlords to have a gas safety ...
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Email templates for landlords/agents
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Forms
Gas Safety Inspection (Specific Date) Letter
Product Code: :LT024
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement ...
Gas Safety Inspection (Unspecified Date) Letter
Product Code: :LT025
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement ...
Gas Safety Inspection Unable to Gain Entry 1
Product Code: LT026
It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
Gas Safety Inspection Unable to Gain Entry 2
Product Code: LT027
It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
Coronavirus Templates
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Questions and Answers (for this topic and country)
Hello - I served a section 21 notice a month ago and all seems in order except the gas certificate isn't up to date since the tenant isn't giving us acess to the property. (more…)
A judge has requested a hearing and on the order it states that it is unclear if the tenant was given a gas cert 'before' the tenant occupied the premises... (more…)
A landlord who has started to manage his own properties has asked me to find him a tenant. The landlord does not leave a cooker in the property as he states he does not want to be responsible ...
We have a tenant that was served Sec 21 In Feb 20 but due to Covid we agreed to let that expire and re-issued a new Section 21 which expired on 13/03/21. All of this time the tenant is aware ...
Dear Guildy. As I have reached the stage of serving the section 8 and 21 with hopefully success in the nearer future with the section 8 for rent arrears [day 19 of that process being jan 3rd ...
If the tenant refuses to allow access for the Gas Safe engineer or simply does not respond to such notices (more…)