Edit or delete a property

Already added a property? You can change its details at any time, or delete one you no longer let. Deleting removes the property and its records, so export anything you want to keep first: keeping your own HMRC records is your responsibility.

Edit a property

Use Edit Details to correct the address, set or change the acquisition date, adjust your ownership share or Form 17 status, and (for jointly-owned properties) switch the expense reporting cadence.

1. Open the property from /properties by clicking its row, then open the actions menu (the More button, a three-dots icon) and choose Edit Details. This opens the Edit property page.
2. Address. Your current address shows as selected. Click Change to re-run a postcode lookup, or Enter manually to type it in. Address line 1 and Postcode are required.
3. Purchase date. This is optional on edit, so you can leave it as it is. If you set or change it, the date must be valid and cannot be in the future.
4. Ownership. Drag the slider or type a percentage. For a jointly-owned property you can toggle Co-owned with spouse or civil partner (this locks the split to 50/50 unless Form 17 applies) and We've filed Form 17 for a different split to declare an unequal split.
5. Expense reporting (jointly-owned properties only). Choose Quarterly or Annual. This section is read-only if you are not the primary owner, or if an HMRC submission has already been made for the current tax year.
6. Click Save changes. You are returned to the property page.

Note: Editing a property does not send anything to HMRC by itself. Your changes sync on your next quarterly update.

Tip: No postcode lookup result, or no lookup key set up? Click Enter manually and type the address. Manual entry always works.

What you can change, and what may be locked

• Address line 1 and Postcode are required.
• Purchase/acquisition date is optional on edit (it is required only when you first add a property).
• Ownership percentage must be between 0.01 and 100, and cannot push the combined total above 100% when there are co-owners. It cannot be changed while an HMRC submission is pending or processing.
• Expense reporting cadence (joint only) can be changed only by the primary owner, and only before a submission has been made for the tax year. Switching one joint property to Annual also syncs your other joint properties to Annual.

Important: If your account is over its plan's property limit, it goes into read-only mode. You can still open Edit Details, but saving changes is blocked until you remove a property or upgrade. See Plans and pricing.

Delete a property

Delete a property when you no longer let it. Export anything you want to keep first, and download any certificate files you need from its compliance page (the export lists them by name only).

1. Open the property from /properties, open the actions menu (the More button, a three-dots icon), and choose Delete Property (shown in red).
2. A confirmation dialog, Are you absolutely sure?, explains what happens: the property is removed from your and any co-owners' lists, any active tenancies are ended, its compliance certificates are deleted, and it says what happens to its transactions. Reusable tenant contact records are kept.
3. Click Delete to confirm. You are taken back to /properties.

Note: If the dialog says the property's income and expenses stay in your figures, they remain under All transactions (marked as from a deleted property) for that year's updates, and are removed automatically once those years can no longer be amended. Either way, keeping your own HMRC records is your responsibility, so export anything you want to keep first. Your tenant contacts stay in your address book for reuse.

Who can delete, and when

• Only an active owner can delete a property.
• For a jointly-owned property, only the person who created it can delete it. Co-owners cannot: they leave the property instead, using the ownership tools. See Co-ownership and shares.
• Deletion is blocked while any co-owner has an HMRC submission in progress for the current tax year. Wait for that submission to finish, then try again.

If something goes wrong

• Edit Details is missing from the menu. You are a former owner of this property. Former owners get a read-only view (and the Edit and Delete options are hidden); active owners always see Edit Details.
• Save changes is blocked or shows an upgrade message. Your account is in read-only mode because it is over the property limit. You can still open Edit Details, but changes cannot be saved until you remove a property or upgrade.
• The expense reporting section is locked. You are not the primary owner, or an HMRC submission has already been made for the current tax year (jointly-owned properties only). Only the primary owner can change it, and only before submitting for that year.
• You cannot change your ownership percentage. A change is blocked while an HMRC submission is pending or processing. Wait for it to complete, then edit. See Send a quarterly update.
• "Only the property creator can delete a jointly-owned property." A co-owner who did not create the property tried to delete it. The creator deletes it; co-owners should leave the property via the ownership tools instead.
• "Cannot delete while an HMRC submission is in progress for a co-owner." A submission is pending or processing for the current tax year. Wait for it to finish, then delete.

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