New rules for section 8 & 21 

Applies to England only New rules for section 8 & 21 As of 1 June 2021, the government has made changes to the notice periods, which have generally been reduced when issuing a tenant with a section 8 or 21. New prescribed form 3 and 6a have been issued and should...

Landlord right to rent checks update

This applies to England The temporary Coronavirus guidance for right to rent checks was due to expire on 17 May 2021, but as of today (12 May 2021) the Home office and Immigration enforcement have extended the guidance until 20 June 2021. This means you can continue...

Section 8 notice

This applies to England only Following our post that was published on 30 April 2021, on 4 May 2021 MHCLG published their own, and slightly different, section 8 form. This, no doubt, will lead to a lot of confusion as to which form should be used going forward.  Those...

Section 8 notice changing

Legislation has just appeared changing the section 8 notice from the 4 May. The changes are to include information about breathing spaces. However, the really interesting thing is that the periods of notice are the periods that exist outside of the Coronavirus Act....

Consultation for more information when advertising a property.

This applies to England only Consultation for more information when advertising a property. When advertising a property for sale or to let on agents’ websites, or on portals like Zoopla or On the Market, the agent is required to include key details. This is a...

Right to rent checks update

This applies to England only. Today the government have updated the guidance for landlord right to rent checks.  The temporary changes were put in place from 30 March 2020 which were: ask the tenant to submit a scanned copy or a photo of their original documents via...