England landlord compliance checklist

If your rental property has any gas appliances, flues or pipework, a Gas Safe registered engineer must inspect them every year and issue a Gas Safety Record (often called a CP12). You must give a copy to existing tenants within 28 days of the check, and to new tenants before they move in.

An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) is a periodic inspection of a property’s fixed electrical installation by a qualified electrician. Private landlords must have one carried out at least every five years, or sooner if the report requires it.

An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rates a property’s energy efficiency from A to G and is valid for ten years. You must have a valid EPC to market and let a property.

In England, landlords must check that every adult who will live in the property (18 or over) has the right to rent in the UK before the tenancy starts. The check can be done by viewing original documents, using a Home Office online share code, or through a certified digital identity service provider.

Since 1 May 2026, under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, landlords in England must give tenants a written statement of the tenancy terms before the tenancy is entered into.

Landlords must provide working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in line with their nation’s rules, and make sure they work at the start of each tenancy.

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) checks the safety of plug-in electrical appliances you supply with a let property, such as kettles, lamps and white goods. It is good practice rather than a fixed statutory requirement.

If you take a tenancy deposit you must protect it in a government-approved scheme and give the tenant the prescribed information within the statutory deadline. The deadlines differ across the UK.