Answer six quick questions to see how your tenancy records, documents and evidence stack up against the new compliance landscape — and get a tailored next step from The Landlord Association.
This is a self-assessment tool. Your answers are not stored or submitted anywhere — the result is calculated instantly in your browser. Each scored question is worth 20 points, giving a total out of 100. Based on your final score, you'll see a tailored compliance verdict and the recommended next step.
This includes private landlords, accidental landlords, portfolio landlords, letting agents and property managers responsible for live or upcoming tenancies. This question helps us tailor your result and is not scored.
This should include the tenancy agreement, prescribed information, deposit records, safety certificates (gas, EICR, EPC), notices served, correspondence and key compliance documents — stored in one place per property and easy to retrieve.
This includes tenancy agreements, tenant welcome letters, compliance checklists, possession preparation records and supporting document logs — reflecting the abolition of fixed-term ASTs, the new periodic tenancy framework and updated possession grounds.
A reliable rent ledger helps evidence payment history, arrears patterns, tenant communications and any future possession or dispute position — particularly important under the new mandatory and discretionary grounds for possession.
This should include repair requests, contractor attendance, completion notes, safety-related works, access attempts, refused access logs and tenant communications — the kind of audit trail councils, tribunals and the Decent Homes Standard increasingly expect to see.
This includes certificates, receipts, logs, communications, inspection records, notice evidence, document service records and a compliance audit trail — typically required within tight deadlines once a challenge or claim is raised.
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