In force: Renters' Rights Act 2025

Is your portfolio compliant with the Renters' Rights Act 2025?

Letting without the right licence carries a civil penalty of up to £30,000. We hold the designation for every council in England & Wales — check yours free.

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Portfolio compliance Live

Across 3 properties.
7 more start when you let.

12 Maple RoadAll in date
Next renewal · EPC, Mar 2031
8A Victoria StreetEICR due
Electrical report expires in 61 days
27 Ash Grove · HMOGas overdue
Gas safety certificate expired 14 days ago
27 Ash Grove, SE20 · every duty, next 12 monthsBromley
Gas safety certificateSI 1998/2451 reg.36
Expired 14 days ago
HMO licence — BromleyHousing Act 2004 s.55
Renews 9 Nov 2026 · 98 days
PRS Database registrationRenters' Rights Act 2025 Pt.2
Opens late 2026 · not yet registered
Electrical report (EICR)SI 2020/312 reg.3
In date to 3 Mar 2030
Deposit prescribed informationHousing Act 2004 s.213
Starts when you take a deposit

One overdue. Every date on this property is tracked and dated to the legislation — so the first you hear of it is never a letter from the council.

Law changed — agreement re-checked
Deposit protected — confirmed
How to Rent guide is current
Gas safety cert · due in 21 days
EICR expires in 60 days
Selective licence renewal · 90 days

317 councils across England & Wales. 51 compliance rules, each cited to the legislation.

315
of 317 councils
positions we have established
118
schemes in force
5 more designated, not yet commenced
51
compliance rules
each cited to the Act and section
153
guides
sourced, dated, no invented figures
How it works

Three steps, and the third one never stops.

  1. Answer five questionsPostcode, property type, gas, furnishings, tenancy. No account, no card.
  2. See every duty that appliesPersonalised to the address, cited to the Act. We don't mark you down for duties that haven't started.
  3. We watch the deadlines and the lawCertificate expiries at 60, 30 and 7 days by email, and your checklist changes when your council does.
Start with the five questions
Free compliance check

Check Your Property in 30 Seconds

Answer 5 quick questions and we'll show you exactly what compliance requirements apply to your property.

Property Compliance Audit

Check your property compliance — no account required.

Got a tenancy agreement? (optional)

We'll check it and can fix any issues. PDF, max 25MB.

No digital copy? Scan it with your phone in 30 seconds →
  1. Open the Notes app and start a new note
  2. Tap the camera icon, then “Scan Documents”
  3. Point at each page — it auto-captures
  4. Tap “Save”, then share as a PDF
    (Share icon → Send a Copy → Save to Files)

Just want the scary number? See your maximum fine exposure →

Map of Great Britain with England, Wales and Scotland marked as covered; Northern Ireland is not covered

Every council in England & Wales, and 30 of 32 in Scotland

Council licensing database

Every council in England & Wales, on the record

Other tools mention licensing. We built the database: all 317 councils in England and Wales, every one with its mandatory HMO position on record, and 88 councils where we have confirmed a live selective or additional scheme118 schemes in total, each sourced to the council’s own designation, including 4 designated and starting shortly. Where we have not established a council’s discretionary position, the page says so rather than guessing.

317 councils88 with a confirmed scheme118 schemes sourced to the designationMandatory HMO on all 317
South East64
East of England46
East Midlands35
North West35
London33
West Midlands30
South West26
Wales22
Yorkshire15
North East12
317 councils mapped
£30k max penalty
5 yr licence duration

Not sure of your council name? Check your council tax bill or search gov.uk/find-local-council.

Discretionary licensing changes council by council and we will not assert a position we cannot evidence: on 2 councils we are still establishing whether a selective or additional scheme applies, and those pages say so.

Browse licensing for all 317 councils →
PRS Database readiness

The one obligation nobody can work around

Licensing depends on your council. The Private Rented Sector Database depends on nothing: every landlord of an assured tenancy in England has to be on it. Letting or advertising an unregistered property carries a civil penalty of up to £7,000 for a first or minor breach, and up to £40,000 or prosecution for a serious or repeated one.

And while you are unregistered you cannot get a possession order at all — section 90 of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, with the single exception of ground 7A or ground 14 for tenant anti-social behaviour.

Step 1

Add your properties

Address, type, tenancy. Two minutes each.

Step 2

Record your dates

Gas, electrical, EPC. We keep the dates, not your documents.

Step 3

Your region opens

Rolling out region by region from late 2026.

Step 4

Register with MHCLG

We'll tell you when you can, and what to have to hand.

The register rolls out region by region from late 2026, and the rules on exactly what it asks for are still being written. Get your dates recorded now and we’ll tell you when your region opens.

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Check your agreement.
Fix it in one click.

Upload your tenancy agreement and we'll check it against current England and Wales housing law — including the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Found issues? Click "Fix My Agreement" and we'll write you a compliant replacement, ready to download in about a minute. Other tools flag problems. We hand you the fixed document.

Flags leftover Section 21 and fixed-term clauses as critical
Checks deposit rules, Section 8 notice periods and prescribed information
Preserves your names, addresses, rent and special conditions
Generates a compliant PDF ready for signing
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3 critical issues found
Section 21 reference (abolished)
Missing deposit scheme details
Notice period non-compliant
Fix My Agreement
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What we check

Every duty, on one checklist.

51 compliance rules, built by hand from the England and Wales housing statutes and cited to source. Last reviewed June 2026. 317 councils tracked. Every checklist is personalised to the property, not a template.

Housing Act 2004Renters' Rights Act 2025Gas Safety Regulations 1998Electrical Safety Standards 2020EPC Register APIlegislation.gov.ukgov.uk guidance

Gas Safety

We track your CP12 expiry and chase you at 60, 30, and 7 days.

EICR

Electrical safety certificates expire every 5 years. We track it.

EPC

We pull your EPC rating and expiry from the government register.

Auto-found

Deposit Protection

Protection and prescribed information are both due within 30 days of receipt. Record the date and we hold the deadline against it.

Tenancy Agreement

Upload your tenancy agreement and we'll flag compliance issues. Found problems? Download a compliant replacement in one click.

AI-powered

Council Licensing Database

317 councils tracked across England and Wales, every one with its mandatory HMO position on record. 88 have a confirmed selective or additional scheme, 118 schemes in total, each sourced to the council's own designation.

Exclusive data
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See all 51 rules for your property → — five questions, no account.

HMO Compliance

HMOs carry duties no other rental does — we track all of them.

Mandatory, additional and selective licensing plus the HMO fire risk assessment, all on your checklist and tied to your specific council. When a council changes its licensing, your checklist changes with it.

Mandatory HMO licenceAdditional licensingSelective licensingFire risk assessmentCouncil licence feesScheme expiry dates
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Compliance Advisor

Ask anything about UK landlord compliance

3 free questions — no account. Grounded in current England & Wales housing law and cited to the Act, not generic AI guesswork. Subscribers get 60 a day, from £9.99/mo.

Information, not legal advice. Always confirm your specific situation with a qualified solicitor.

Free tools

Six free tools, no account

Every answer carries the statute, the regulation or the council’s own wording it came from.

Compliance checkAgreement checkerRoom sizesLicence feesFine calculatorAsk the advisor
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The compliance tools, side by side

Same problem. Three different products.

AugustLetComplianceLandlord HQ
Council licensing databaseReminder-gradeMentions ‘licensing’✓ 317 councils, 88 schemes confirmed
Citation-led legislation tracking (Act + section)Partial
Tenancy agreement upload + AI compliance checkAuto-fill only
Generates compliant replacement agreement PDF
Email reminders
Free property compliance audit
Documents deleted after analysis, unless you choose to store them
Bank connection requiredRequired
Pricing modelWhole portfolio, from £8.99/mo (by tenancy)£14.99–£49/moWhole portfolio, from £9.99/mo

Pricing and feature claims last checked 12 August 2026, on each product's own site. See the full comparison. Not legal advice.

Pricing

Free to start. From £9.99 when you're ready.

1 to 5 properties: Landlord. 6 or more: Portfolio. Every feature on both.

Free
£0forever

No card, no account.

Full Property Compliance Audit — report emailed to you
Tenancy agreement check — verdict and issue count instantly, summary emailed to you
3 Compliance Advisor questions — email after the first
See everything included
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Landlord
£9.99/mo

or £99/yr
2 months free vs monthly

Up to 5 properties

Everything in Free, without limits
Certificate tracking + 60/30/7-day reminders
Full tenancy agreement findings + one-click compliant PDF
Checklist updates when council licensing changes
Council licensing flagged per property
Evidence tracker + portfolio map
See everything included
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Portfolio
£19.99/mo

or £199/yr
2 months free vs monthly

Unlimited properties

Everything in Free, without limits
Certificate tracking + 60/30/7-day reminders
Full tenancy agreement findings + one-click compliant PDF
Checklist updates when council licensing changes
Council licensing flagged per property
Evidence tracker + portfolio map
See everything included
Subscribe now

Billing starts today. The compliance audit and the advisor stay free with no card at all. Cancel anytime · no setup fees.

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“I built this as a simple bolt-on — not another system to learn, just a safety net that watches your deadlines so you don't have to.”

— Founder

Why I built this
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is the price per property or per plan?

Per plan, never per property. Landlord covers up to 5 properties for £9.99 a month. Portfolio covers unlimited properties for £19.99 a month, and it's the same price whether you have 6 properties or 50.

How does the pricing work?

Two plans, and every feature is on both — the only difference is how many properties you cover. Landlord is £9.99/month (or £99/year) for up to 5 properties. Portfolio is £19.99/month (or £199/year) for unlimited properties. Annual billing works out at 2 months free on either. There is never a per-property fee: Portfolio costs the same whether you have 6 properties or 50.

Why not just use ChatGPT?

ChatGPT can answer your questions. We make sure you never have to ask them. A general AI tool doesn't know your properties, your certificate dates, or whether your council runs a licensing scheme. We do: we remind you before certificates expire, update your checklist when the law changes, and check your tenancy agreement against a rule library we maintain by hand, with the legislation cited for every finding.

What's included in the subscription?

On either plan you get: personalised compliance checklists, certificate expiry tracking with 60/30/7-day email reminders, tenancy agreement checks with no per-check charge (a fair-use cap of 60 a day, which no normal portfolio reaches), EPC auto-lookup, quarterly health check emails, an email when the government publishes a new How to Rent guide, and access to our council licensing database.

Is there a free trial?

No, and there's something better. The property compliance check is completely free, no card, no account: answer five questions and you get the full list of what applies to that address, with the legislation behind each item and your council's licensing position. The tenancy agreement checker shows you your issue count free too, and the advisor answers three questions free. A subscription starts billing the day you subscribe, and you can cancel any time in Settings.

Do you keep my documents?

That's your choice. By default, no: we read your documents, show you the results, and delete the files. Upload a tenancy agreement and we check it and delete it; if we write you a corrected version, it's deleted once you download it, within 24 hours either way. Certificates you keep yourself, we just record the dates so we can remind you before anything runs out. Prefer us to keep copies? Turn on Store my documents in Settings and we'll hold your agreements and certificates until you delete them or turn it off. Either way we keep your results, your checklist, dates and findings, so you can come back to them any time. And if we don't have the file, we can't re-check it behind your back: when the law changes, we'll tell you it's worth checking again.

What happens when the law changes?

We maintain the rule library by hand against the England and Wales housing statutes and official gov.uk guidance. It was last reviewed in June 2026. When a rule changes, the checklist items it affects update and reopen on your properties, so anything you had marked as done comes back to your attention. We don't work to a fixed schedule, so treat it as a safety net alongside professional advice rather than a live legal feed.

Is this legal advice?

No. Landlord HQ is an information tool, not a legal service. For advice on your specific situation, speak to a solicitor.

Does it work for Scottish properties?

Yes, for the compliance check. Enter a Scottish postcode and it now answers in Scots law — landlord registration, HMO licensing at three occupants, the Repairing Standard, the five-yearly electrical inspection that includes PAT, interlinked alarms, the 30 working day deposit window — each cited to the Scottish instrument it comes from, with your council's registration and HMO position where we hold it. The fine calculator now covers Scotland as well, from a separate set of figures read at Scottish instruments — £50,000 for letting unregistered, £50,000 for an unlicensed HMO, £2,500 for short-term letting without a licence — and where the consequence is not a fine it says so rather than inventing a number: a rent penalty notice suspends your right to be paid rent, and the deposit sanction is up to three times the deposit with no minimum. One thing is still England and Wales only and we say so rather than guessing: the tenancy agreement checker. There are also fifteen Scotland guides and council records for all 32 Scottish local authorities.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes, in Settings, in two clicks, no notice period. Your dashboard switches to read-only, and nothing you added is deleted.

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Landlord HQ uses AI to analyse legislation and tenancy agreements. While we work hard to ensure accuracy, AI can make mistakes. Always verify compliance requirements with a qualified solicitor. Landlord HQ is an information tool, not legal advice.

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