Is your rental actually compliant?

The fastest way is to work through the six duties every England landlord must meet: a current gas safety record, an EICR no older than five years, a valid EPC of band E or better, the deposit protected within 30 days with Prescribed Information served, a Right to Rent check on every adult occupier, and working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. This free checker asks about each one and returns a 0–100 compliance score plus your estimated fine exposure in about 60 seconds.

For a new tenancy in England you need a gas safety record (CP12) where there is gas, an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), a valid Energy Performance Certificate, deposit protection confirmation and Prescribed Information, a completed Right to Rent check, and evidence that smoke and carbon monoxide alarms were working. Since 1 May 2026 you must also give the tenant a written statement of terms before they sign.

It is a single 0–100 figure that summarises how many of your statutory duties are currently met and in date. A certificate that has expired counts as zero for that duty, not a partial score, because an out-of-date certificate offers no legal protection. It is the same score landlords track inside LetCompliance, where each item is watched and chased on a 90 / 30 / 14 / 7 / 1-day reminder ladder before it expires.

A gas safety check is annual — every appliance and flue must be checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer within 12 months of the last check. An EICR (the fixed-wiring inspection) lasts up to five years, unless the report itself specifies a shorter interval. Both records must be given to the tenant: the gas record within 28 days, and the EICR within 28 days of the inspection.

Yes. You must have a valid Energy Performance Certificate and give it to the tenant, and the property must currently be rated band E or better to let it lawfully under the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards. The minimum rises to band C by 1 October 2030 for all tenancies — a single deadline confirmed in the January 2026 Warm Homes Plan (the earlier 2028-for-new-tenancies proposal was scrapped), with a £10,000-per-property cost cap.

Penalties are duty-specific and can be severe: an unlimited fine and HSE prosecution for gas, up to £30,000 for electrical safety, up to £5,000 for EPC or alarm breaches, a court order to repay 1–3× the deposit for a protection failure, and up to £10,000 per occupier for a Right to Rent breach. Beyond the fines, missing paperwork undermines your position if you ever need to seek possession through the courts.

The largest single exposures are the £30,000 electrical-safety penalty, the unlimited gas-safety fine, and Right to Rent penalties that stack per occupier. Deposit penalties are a multiple of the deposit rather than a fixed cap. The checker adds up the exposures that apply to your answers so you can see the total at a glance, then tells you which duty to fix first.

It is completely free and needs no signup or card. The questions run in your browser and nothing you enter is sent to a server or stored, so you can run it as often as you like. Every rule it scores is cited to a GOV.UK or HSE primary source; it is a guide rather than legal advice, and for possession proceedings you should consult a solicitor.