Tenancy Compliance.
Right to Rent, deposit protection and the paperwork a tenancy actually needs.
Cold, damp and an empty flat: what winter does to a portfolio
Condensation season, frozen pipes in void properties, and tenants who cannot reach anybody between Christmas and New Year. The three things that turn a winter repair into a claim.
24 October 2026 · 8 min readSection 21 has gone: the possession route agents use now
No-fault possession ended on 1 May 2026. Every route to getting a property back now runs through a ground, a form and evidence — and which ground you pick decides how much notice you give and what you have to prove.
24 October 2026 · 8 min readEvery tenancy is periodic now: what that changed in the file
Fixed terms went on 1 May 2026, and with them the renewal cycle most agencies are built around. Rent rises run on one form once a year, bidding is banned, rent in advance is capped, and the information sheet had a deadline.
11 October 2026 · 6 min readDamp and mould: from a tenant complaint to a documented response
Damp and mould stopped being a lifestyle conversation some time ago. What landlords and agents now need is a response that is timely, recorded, and does not depend on the tenant complaining twice.
1 August 2026 · 3 min readRight to Rent follow-up checks: who needs one and when
Not every Right to Rent check is a one-off. Time-limited statuses need a second look later in the tenancy, on a date that has nothing to do with the tenancy agreement itself.
28 June 2026 · 3 min readRenewing a tenancy: the compliance checklist behind the paperwork
A renewal can feel like the easy part of a tenancy — the tenant's known, the property's known. It's also an easy point to let compliance quietly roll over unchecked.
25 May 2026 · 3 min readWhat a tenancy file audit should actually check
Most tenancy files look complete at a glance. A proper audit checks for the things that only turn out to matter once a tenancy is already in dispute.
21 April 2026 · 3 min readPrescribed information: the deposit protection paperwork that's easy to get wrong
Protecting a deposit is the part everyone remembers. The prescribed information that has to go with it is longer, more detailed, and where most gaps actually turn up.
18 March 2026 · 3 min readDigital identity checks and Right to Rent: what's changed
Digital identity verification has changed how a lot of Right to Rent checks actually happen. It hasn't changed what an agent is ultimately responsible for proving.
12 February 2026 · 4 min readTenancy deposit protection: the rules letting agents actually need to apply
Protecting a deposit is only half the requirement. The prescribed information that goes with it is where most disputes actually end up turning.
9 January 2026 · 4 min readRight to Rent checks: a practical guide for letting agents
The check itself takes minutes. The record that proves it happened correctly is what actually gets scrutinised later, often long after the tenancy has started.