As a landlord, it is vital that you realise the extent of the obligations that you are taking on and are aware of your legal responsibilities. Landlords are subject to a plethora of regulations that are regularly amended or added to, and usually they involve penalties for non-compliance. This third edition – recently revised and updated – provides all the up-to-date information and tips that a landlord needs.

Written by solicitor Tessa Shepperson, who specialises in residential landlord and tenant law, Residential Lettings guides you through the process of getting the property ready for letting, finding a tenant, and making the agreement with the tenant. It then goes on to discuss what happens during a tenancy and what you can do if you have problem tenants. The book then finally deals with what happens, or should happen, at the end of a tenancy.

The book also alerts existing landlords to the points of good practice that make a letting successful, and the legal obligations that they may not be aware of.

‘Residential Lettings amounts to a management tool that no landlord should be without’ – National Federation of Landlords.

Synopsis
Do you want to let your flat, house or individual rooms in a property? Lettings to residential tenants can be a straightforward matter using this "Lawpack Residential Letting Kit". It shows you how to create a legally binding tenancy agreement and includes background information on 'houses in multiple occupation' (HMOs), landlords' and tenants' obligations, rent control, gaining possession of your property, and more! This Kit contains both an Assured Shorthold Tenancy for England & Wales and a Short Assured Tenancy for Scotland, for use in the following letting situations where the landlord is not resident: letting a furnished house or flat; letting an unfurnished house or flat; and, letting an individual room in a furnished or unfurnished house or flat shared with other tenants. Also included are Household Inventory; Housing Act 1988 Section 21, Notice Requiring Possession for England & Wales and equivalent notices for Scotland; and AT5 Notice of a Short Assured Tenancy, for Scotland.