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Renters' Rights Act · England
Every rental in England must be on the new landlord register. Get your paperwork ready first.
Registration opens region by region from 15 December 2026. Look up your deadline, see which documents the official form asks for, and fix the gaps before you start.
£65per property, every year
9regional deadlines
£7,000maximum first penalty
Your deadline
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You register and pay the £65 fee yourself, on GOV.UK. Agents can help gather details but cannot register for you.
More about your region's deadlineThe short version
Five things every landlord in England needs to know
- What
- A new government database of private landlords and the homes they let in England.
- Who
- Every landlord with assured or regulated tenancies registers themselves and each property.
- Cost
- £65 per property, every year, paid to the government.
- When
- One region a month from 15 December 2026, with three months each. The last deadline is 14 November 2027.
- If you don't
- Fines up to £7,000, or £40,000 if it continues, and no court order to regain possession.
More detail in our guides.
Rollout
When each region opens
Each region gets three months to register once it opens. Every let property in England must be on the register by 14 November 2027.
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Dates from the official GOV.UK registration page, set by the Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026. Last checked 5 October 2026. The government can change them, so check GOV.UK before relying on them.
What the form asks for
Gather this before you start
You can create your entry first, but the property details must be added within 28 days. Tick items off as you find them. Your ticks stay in this browser only.
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Readiness check · 2 minutes
Are you ready to register?
Answer for one property. Nothing you choose here is sent anywhere.
Example answers are filled in so you can see how it works.
Cost and penalties
What registration costs, and what skipping it costs
Your annual fee
£195
£65 per property per year, paid to the government when you register and each year you renew. About the fee
Not registered
£7,000
Maximum civil penalty for a first breach, such as letting a property that isn't on the register.
Paid help from Llama Consulting
Do it yourself, or let us check your paperwork
The law says you must register yourself, so we never ask for your GOV.UK login. We get everything ready so registering takes minutes, then keep your certificates in date.
Paperwork check
£39 first property, once
+ £15 for each additional property
- We review your gas safety record, EICR and EPC
- We flag anything missing, expired or expiring soon
- Answer sheet in the same order as the official form
- Quotes from local engineers for any gaps
- 3 months of the compliance tracker included. It only continues if you choose to subscribe
You still register and pay the £65 fee yourself on GOV.UK.
Compliance tracker
£3 per property / month
or £30 per property / year (2 months free)
- Secure store for all your certificates
- Reminders 90, 30 and 7 days before anything expires
- Reminder to renew your registration each year
- Reminds you to update your register entry when something changes
The paperwork check and compliance tracker are provided by Llama Consulting Limited under our terms of service. The guides and tools on this site are free.
Reminders
We'll email you when your region opens
One email when registration opens, one a month before your deadline. Unsubscribe at any time.
About us
Who runs this site
Register Your Rental Property grew out of our own experience as landlords. When the Renters' Rights Act became law, we went looking for a straight answer to a simple question: what do I need to have ready before I register? The answer was spread across government pages, council websites and long legal guides, much of it written for lawyers rather than landlords.
Most landlords we know let one or two properties and manage them alongside a full-time job. They want to do things properly, but they don't have time to piece the rules together, and getting it wrong can mean a penalty of up to £7,000. We started Register Your Rental Property to put everything a landlord needs in one place, in plain English.
Our goal
Make registration the easy part of being a landlord. Most landlords already keep their homes safe and their paperwork in order. What trips them up is knowing which documents count, which ones have expired and when their deadline falls. We check that for them, so that when their region opens, registering takes minutes instead of an evening of searching.
Register Your Rental Property is published by Llama Consulting Limited, an independent UK company, which also provides our paid paperwork check and compliance tracker. We are not part of the government and we are not a letting agent. We never register properties for anyone, and we never ask for your GOV.UK login.
Contact us
Or email [email protected]. We use your details only to reply (see our privacy notice).
For questions about your registration itself, contact the official service through GOV.UK. We can't see or change your register entry.
Questions
Common questions
Is this the official government website?
No. This is an independent website run by a private company. The official Register your rental property service is run by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on GOV.UK. You can register directly with the government without using us.
Can you register my property for me?
No. Under the regulations the landlord must register. Agents can supply some information, but they can't complete the registration. We prepare everything so you can do it quickly yourself. How registration works
Do I pay you the £65 fee?
No. The £65 per property fee goes straight to the government when you register. Our paperwork check and tracker are separate, optional services.
What happens to my documents?
Certificates often include your tenants' names, so we treat them as personal data. We store them encrypted, use them only to check your compliance, and delete them when you close your account. Our privacy notice has the details.
My property is in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
This register covers England only. Wales has Rent Smart Wales Scotland has Landlord Registration Scotland, and Northern Ireland has its Landlord Registration Scheme. All three already require landlords to register.
Do I also need to join the landlord ombudsman?
Yes, once it launches. The Renters' Rights Act creates a separate ombudsman that private landlords must join. Joining one doesn't register you with the other.