A recent case from Suffolk highlights just how seriously lawmakers take electrical safety in rentals. A landlord was fined £7,500 after failing to address 21 electrical defects identified in an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), including seven defects classed as ‘immediately dangerous’. The faults left a mother and her four children at risk of electric shock or fire, and the local authority successfully upheld the penalty after the required remedial work wasn'

Trade body PropertyMark is calling on the UK government to scrap licensing schemes that have been introduced by councils around the...

The number of tenancy deposit disputes between landlords and tenants in England has dropped by 15% so far during 2020, according to one...

Fire safety in rental properties forms a key part of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Under the Act, homes with an...