LodgicGuides for landlords and agents
Plain, useful answers on compliance, repairs, deposits and keeping the evidence that protects you. No jargon, no filler.
Compliance
How do you prove your landlord compliance if it is ever challenged?
Doing the work is only half the job. The evidence trail is what protects you the day someone asks, and here is how to keep one without it becoming a second job.
What does Awaab's Law mean for private landlords, and what proof do you need?
The timescales that already bind social landlords, what applies to a private landlord today, and the dated trail that shows you were told, you looked, and you put it right.
Deposits and disputes
How do you win a deposit dispute, and what evidence actually holds up?
The deposit is the tenant's money until you justify a deduction, and an adjudicator decides on documents alone. Here is what holds up, what gets dismissed, and how to gather it during the tenancy.
Repairs and maintenance
How quickly must a landlord fix a repair, and how do you prove you acted in time?
There is no single legal deadline, only a reasonable time. Here are the timescales landlords are judged against, when the clock really starts, and the dated record that proves you moved.