Landlord Compliance Blog

You can't judge whether a C2 is justified — and the person telling you it is, is the same one quoting to fix it. Here's how to spot unnecessary remedial work before you pay.

Every London certificate company claims the best price, but none put their number next to a rival's. So we compared 15 providers' real published prices side by side — including where we're not the cheapest.

Landlords are handed an EIC after a rewire and file it as their compliance document — but it will not satisfy the five-year EICR duty. Here's how the two differ and how to tell which one you're holding.

Most landlords fit more alarms than the law requires — or miss the one room that actually needs a CO alarm. Here's the room-by-room rule for England, with worked examples for real property types.

There's no such thing as a legally required 'legionella certificate' for landlords. Here's what UK law actually asks for - and why most landlords can assess the risk themselves.

No — England has no rule requiring a fresh EICR every time a tenant changes. The interval is five years (or sooner if the report says so); at a new tenancy you simply hand over the existing certificate before move-in.

You have no right of forced entry — but a documented paper trail is a complete defence. Here is the week-by-week escalation ladder, ready-to-send letter templates and the evidence log that proves you took all reasonable steps.

The rules changed on 1 May 2026 — the HMO civil penalty is now up to £40,000 and rent repayment orders reach 24 months, with superior landlords and company directors personally in scope for the first time.

A failed EICR is not the disaster it sounds like — but it starts a strict legal clock. Here are the codes that fail a report, the five statutory deadlines, and the £40,000 penalty for getting it wrong.