Private landlord advice
What you need to give your Tenants at the start of a Tenancy
There are documents that your tenant(s) should have when they start a tenancy with you. This is both a legal requirement and good practice, and helps gain a trusting and professional relationship between you and your tenants. The following are required:
- Gas Safety Certificate *
- EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) *
- How to Rent Booklet *
- Right to Rent Check *
- Deposit Protection details (if applicable) *
- Inventory Tenancy Agreement
- Emergency Contact Details
- Repair Details
- Keys! (and what to do if they lock themselves out)
- Privacy Statement for data you hold for the Tenant *
- Rent Payment Details
- The Smoke Detectors must be tested on the day the Tenancy starts *
* Legal Requirements - Remember, failure to serve any of these documents means that you are unable to serve a Section 21 on your tenants to end the tenancy.
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- Apply for a HMO
- Housing in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
- GDPR for Landlords
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- Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
- You are here What you need to give your Tenants at the start of a Tenancy
- How to end a Tenancy Legally for Assured Shorthold Tenancies
- List of Registered HMO's in Sandwell
- Rentwell in Sandwell
- Energy efficiency
- Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- Legionnaires' disease
- Electrical Safety Update