Property compliance, in plain English

Registering with Rent Smart Wales isn't the same as being licensed — the most-penalised mistake in Welsh lettings. The nine-point file that answers a renewal or an audit.

A record you can't produce is the same as no record — one that says three things is worse. Seven checks that separate an inspection record that holds from one that fails.

Awaab's Law is live in social housing and set to reach private renting. The six-step damp and mould response — and the dated record each step leaves — to build before the deadline.

Landlords get caught not on knowing the rule but on producing the dated record. How to build an evidence trail from the visits you already do — England & Wales.

Council inspections of rented homes are rising and HHSRS was rebuilt in June. What an inspector actually assesses — and the self-walk to do before they knock.

Compliance isn't a drawer of certificates — it's the property's condition, evidenced over time. What changed with HHSRS and the condition-evidence checklist.

Since fixed terms ended, the check-in record is the baseline a claim, inspection or dispute is measured against. A save-and-keep checklist for an evidence trail that holds.

A plain-English guide to the Renters' Rights Act 2025 31 May 2026 Information Sheet deadline. Who it applies to, what to serve, how to evidence service, and what tribunals actually look for. Built for letting agents in England and Wales.