9 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDLORDS & LETTING AGENTS

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9 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDLORDS LETTING
AGENTS

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Gas Safety

• Where there are any gas appliances in the
  property provided by the landlord, the landlord
  must ensure that annual gas safety checks are
  carried out.

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Fire safety

• Where a landlord controls flats, bedsits or
  hostels there must be a risk assessment in place
  to comply with the Fire Safety Order.

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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

• Before a tenant moves in there must be an energy
  performance certificate in place for most types
  of property.

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Deposits

• If you take a deposit from a tenant under an
  assured short hold tenant, the deposit must be
  protected under one of the three tenancy deposit
  schemes.

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Licensable HMOs

• If your property is a house in multiple
  occupation (e.g. bedsits, shared house or a
  shared flat) then an HMO license may well be
  needed from the local authority.

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Electrical inspections

• If your property is a house in multiple
  occupation of any kind then you must have a five
  yearly electrical safety check carried out by a
  competent electrician even if you do not need a
  licence.

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Electrical appliances

• Where a property is provided with electrical
  appliances it is the landlord's responsibility to
  make sure that they are safe at the outset of
  letting.

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Fire alarm systems and fire precautions in HMOs

• Where fire alarm systems are provided in a house
  in multiple occupation because the landlord is
  responsible for insuring fire alarms are checked
  regularly.

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Carbon Monoxide and alarms in non-HMOs

• Landlords in England are required to provide
  smoke alarms on every floor of their property and
  a carbon monoxide alarm in every room with a
  solid fuel source.

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