GUIDES · REVIEWED, NOT ARCHIVED

What the law actually asks of you.

Compliance writing dates fast, so every guide carries the date we last reviewed it rather than the date we first published it. Where a position is moving, we say so instead of picking a number.

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9 GUIDES · SORTED BY LAST REVIEWED

LANDLORD COMPLIANCE9 MIN

Section 21 and safety certificates: what has to be served before you can serve notice

A section 21 notice can be defeated by paperwork that was never served, or served late. These are the documents that have to be in the tenant’s hands, and the part of the position that is currently moving.

UPDATED 10 SEP 2026Read
LONDON PROPERTY4 MIN

Why we will not tell you your borough’s licensing scheme

Additional and selective licensing designations run for fixed terms and lapse. A stale scheme name on a website is worse than no answer.

UPDATED 08 SEP 2026Read
LANDLORD COMPLIANCE5 MIN

Which checks can share one visit, and which cannot

Engineer qualifications decide it, not scheduling. Where two visits are genuinely needed, you should be told before you pay.

UPDATED 05 SEP 2026Read
GAS SAFETY5 MIN

The 28-day rule, and the two-month early check

Why you can have the gas check done two months early without losing your anniversary date, and why the 28 days matters more than the twelve months.

UPDATED 01 SEP 2026Read
FIRE SAFETY8 MIN

Above 11 metres: quarterly checks and best endeavours

What the 2022 Regulations require of responsible persons, and how to evidence a flat entrance door check the leaseholder would not let you make.

UPDATED 26 AUG 2026Read
ELECTRICAL SAFETY6 MIN

C1, C2, C3 and FI: reading an EICR without guessing

The classification code, not the wording of the observation, decides whether your report is satisfactory and how fast you have to act.

UPDATED 19 AUG 2026Read
ENERGY AND EPC7 MIN

Band E, exemptions, and what actually moves a rating

Fabric moves an EPC further than a boiler does. What an assessor can credit, and what has to be evidenced.

UPDATED 02 AUG 2026Read
HMO COMPLIANCE11 MIN

The full document set for a licensed HMO

An HMO carries the heaviest compliance load of any property type: gas, electrical, energy, fire risk, escape lighting and an appliance register.

UPDATED 14 JUL 2026Read
LANDLORD COMPLIANCE9 MIN

The duty to manage asbestos in common parts

Pre-2000 buildings carry a duty most residential freeholders do not realise applies to them, and the register has to reach your contractors.

UPDATED 30 JUN 2026Read