England Landlord Guidance
Landlords’ Responsibilities for Repair and Maintenance
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25/06/2021
From 1 October 2015, big changes were made to section 21 Housing Act 1988 for tenancies in England. Some of these ...
31/10/2019
Introduction
Sometimes a tenants property may suffer an infestation of rats or mice and tenants will then often ...
21/12/2018
Requirement of notice
Where the landlord covenants to keep in repair property which is the possession of the ...
06/12/2018
This post is also linked from the England and Wales landlord handbooks. See more repairs information for England ...
10/02/2017
Retaliatory Evictions
From 1 October 2015 1, sections 33 and 34 of the Deregulation Act 2015 will come into force ...
23/11/2016
In a very important case, (Warren v. Keen [1953] 3 W.L.R. 702), Denning L.J. explained the definition of "tenant ...
19/09/2016
Landlord and tenant disputes over damage and wear & tear to rental properties are often the source of heated ...
13/07/2016
Background to the case
We previously reported the significant Court of Appeal ruling Edwards v Kumarasamy [2015] ...
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14/03/2022
What can landlords do when the neighbours have no boundaries, or the fence blows down? (more…)
10/03/2022
Thousands of landlords renting out buy to let apartments face huge bills to pay for the stripping of unsafe ...
10/12/2021
Alker v Collingwood Housing Association - [2007] 2 EGLR 43
Court of Appeal, Laws, Carnwath and Moore-Bick ...
01/07/2021
A new online app aims to help private landlords and tenants resolve disputes over repairs but misses the mark. ...
09/02/2021
As heavy snow and freezing conditions grip the country, many landlords and tenants will want to clear ice and snow ...
04/11/2020
England enters another lockdown from 5 November 2020 for 28 days. Guidance is now available on the .gov website ...
30/10/2020
The property market is thriving despite COVID-19 worries – but what are the lockdown rules for landlords and ...
07/04/2020
Email templates for landlords/agents
Over time we will add templates which might be useful during the ...
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An excellent guide for tenants on understanding about condensation and how to prevent it ...
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If works have been found necessary by a landlord or perhaps reported sometime ago by a ...
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Works may be required on a property and arrangements made with the tenant for access. ...
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Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement ...
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Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement ...
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It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
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It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
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Often landlords and letting agents carry out routine inspections on their properties. After ...
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Often landlords and letting agents carry out routine inspections on their ...
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Often tenants want to do some decorating in their property but most standard tenancy ...
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Under Section 4, Damage by Pests Act 1949 a local authority may serve a notice ...
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After an inspection, it might be found that the tenant is not looking after or maintain the ...
Questions and Answers (for this topic and country)
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02/09/2021 |
Hi Guildy
Tenant has caused a fire in a top floor bedroom ( he admitted it was a candle he left burning ).
The repairs are being done via my insurance, but there are 2 costs that ...
03/05/2017 |
Tenant buys a gas oven. Who is responsible for getting it installed and is landlord responsible to do yearly check on this? (more…)
21/01/2021 |
We have a property that has a sofa which has broken, we used the guild agreement for the tenancy which doesn't specify furnished or unfurnished. Am I correct in thinking the landlord isn't ...
04/08/2022 |
I am a landlord of 82 properties and currently tenants only have my mobile number for reporting repairs - you can imagine this pings away night and day!! So, I am wondering if other ...
07/03/2016 |
I have a house that on the lower ground floor has an open plan staircase, it has a hand rail one side but not the other, is it law that the land lord should provide another hand rail. (more…)
14/03/2022 |
One of my landlords has lost quite a few fence panels in the back garden during the storm a couple of weeks ago.
That side of fence is the responsibility of the neighbour but they haven't ...
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