Is a home you let in order? A free check against the Renters' Rights Act

Answer with the dates on your papers. The check goes through the nine duties a landlord in England has under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 and the safety rules, shows which are in order, and gives the date each one sets. The result is free. For £29, DraftRight drafts the letters that fix what is open on that home.

What the check covers

• A written statement of terms. A tenancy that begins on or after 1 May 2026 needs one before it begins (Housing Act 1988, section 16D). A tenancy agreed by word of mouth before then needed its key terms in writing by 31 May 2026.
• The information sheet. A tenancy with a written agreement that began before 1 May 2026 needed the government's Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 by 31 May 2026, given to every named tenant on paper or as the PDF attached to an email or text message, never as a link.
• The deposit. Protected in a government-backed scheme, with the prescribed information given, within 30 days of being paid, counting the day it was paid as day 1 (Housing Act 2004, section 213).
• Gas safety. Each gas appliance and flue checked at most 12 months after the last check (Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, regulation 36).
• Electrical safety. The installation inspected and tested by a qualified person at least every 5 years, or sooner if the last report says so, with remedial work within 28 days (Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, regulation 3).
• The energy certificate. Valid for 10 years, and band E or better for a home to be let, unless an exemption is registered.
• Right to Rent. Every adult who lives in the home checked before the tenancy starts, with a follow-up check before a time-limited permission ends (Immigration Act 2014).
• Rent rises. By Form 4A, the government's own form, with at least 2 months' notice, at most once a year (Housing Act 1988, section 13).
• Pet requests. Answered in writing on or before the 28th day after the request; consent is not to be unreasonably refused (Housing Act 1988, section 16A).

What £29 buys

For one home, once: the letters its result shows, drafted with that home's facts, clean, and yours to edit. Only the ones the home needs, from these four:

• a covering letter to send with the government's information sheet;
• your written answer to a tenant's pet request;
• a written statement of terms, as a tenancy agreement, where one is missing;
• a notice to your tenants of a gas safety check or electrical inspection visit.

What needs an engineer, a deposit scheme or a check of your own stays on the home as a to-do with what to do. If nothing on a home can be drafted, there is nothing to pay. Pro, Elite and Advisor plans include the drafting.

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