For landlords, letting agents and portfolio managers, the short answer is straightforward: the Government first published the How to Rent guide on 10 June 2014. The more commercially important answer is that 1 October 2015 was the point at which the former statutory duty to provide the relevant guide took effect for assured shorthold tenancies in England. Those dates should not be blurred. One is a publication date. The other marks the start of a compliance duty that, for his

You wake up one morning to an email from the council. "We are investigating a complaint regarding your property at [address]. We require the following documents within 14 days: gas safety certificate, EICR, EPC, and deposit protection certificate." Your heart sinks. You search your files. The gas safety certificate is there. The EICR? You're not sure. The EPC? You think it expired. The deposit protection? You can't find it. Suddenly, you're facing potential fines of £5,