Landlord guides
Every guide and tool on this site, grouped by the situation you are in. 79 pages, plus a page for each of the 296 councils in England and each county court. All written for private landlords in England, using official sources.
Check a property
Start here if you are not sure what applies to your rental.
Licensing and HMOs
Selective, additional and mandatory HMO licensing, and what happens if a property is unlicensed.
Renters’ Rights Act 2025
What changed on 1 May 2026 and what is still to come.
Landlord database
The “Register your rental property” service, region by region.
- Register your rental property
- Landlord database: West Midlands
- Landlord database: East of England
- Landlord database: East Midlands
- Landlord database: South East
- Landlord database: Yorkshire and The Humber
- Landlord database: North West
- Landlord database: North East
- Landlord database: London
- Landlord database: South West
Rent increases
Section 13 notices, Form 4A and the First-tier Tribunal.
Rent arrears and eviction
Section 8 possession after section 21 was abolished.
- How to evict a tenant
- Tenant not paying rent
- Section 21 abolished: what now?
- Section 8 notice
- Section 8 grounds
- Ground 8: rent arrears
- Section 8 notice period calculator
- How to complete Form 3A
- Eviction timeline
- Eviction cost
- Possession claim: N5 and N119
- Possession hearing
- Bailiffs and the warrant of possession
- Eviction timing by court (123 courts)
- Illegal eviction: landlord risks
- Eviction solicitors
Recovering money from a tenant
Claims and enforcement after rent goes unpaid.
Safety, deposits and tenants
The legal basics for every let.
Council tax
Empty homes and second homes between lets.
中文業主指南 / 中文房东指南
Guides written in Traditional (Hong Kong) and Simplified Chinese.
About this site
Who runs it, where the data comes from and how we are paid.
Information, not legal advice. For anything going to court or tribunal, check the official guidance or speak to a solicitor.
Sources
- Guide to the Renters’ Rights Act (GOV.UK)
- Renting is changing: Housing Hub (MHCLG)
- Private renting for landlords (GOV.UK)
Last checked 28 Sep 2026