As a landlord you need to carry out annual gas safety checks in your rental properties and have a Landlord Gas Safety Certificate from a qualified contractor. Here Diane Hopkins covers the basics of what a landlord needs to know before renting out a property....
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From 10 January 2020, all letting agents who manage properties which have an income of 10,000 Euros per month (or equivalent) or more, must now comply with updated money laundering regulations.
For landlords and letting agents this means checks on where the money is coming from to pay the rent....
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Sections 122 and 123 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (electrical safety standards) came into force on 25 October 2019, taking us one step closer to the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks.
The following 8 recommendations were made by the Electrical Safety Working Group and now...
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Over the last few weeks we've had lots of calls about the changes to tenant fees that were introduced at the beginning of June 2019. Here we aim to answers some of those questions.
What is the Tenant Fees Act 2019?
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 outlines the Government’s approach to banning lettin...
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On the 20th March a revised law (already within Section 8 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) comes into force which outlines 29 hazards, defined in the HHSRS, which could make a home unsafe.
The Act is designed to ensure that all rented accommodation is fit for human habitation and to strengthe...
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