Generation Rent is making houses even more expensive for tenants

Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 24/03/2026 – 20:06
One solution may be to send by recorded delivery. Remember that you can only send by email if you have the tenants’ permission.

Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 24/03/2026 – 20:06
Yes same here on joint tenants when often, the joint tenant lets the main one deal with everything.
Yes they need to sit with us as every decision makes more people homeless. Causes dozens more landlords to sell.

You are never getting your house back if you can’t prove you gave the tenant a boiler certificate Oct 2015.

Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 24/03/2026 – 20:06
I did not see anything in the guidelines saying the tenants had to confirm receipt. I understood service by email is enough.

im going to have to go through every contract to see exactly what it says about how noticed are issued. I some cases emails will be sent (newer contracts). In older contracts I see myself literally hand delivering and taking a timed/dated photo of my putting the paperwork through the letterboxes.

In some cases I act as a representative for elderly family members (who are the actual landlords). So not to be caught out, I will have to issue a letter and the papeerwork from them as well as myself (as I deal with the tenants directly).

So in a property of two joint tenants they will have a copy issued from the landlord in EACH of their names, plus a copy issued from me as the LL representative to EACH of them. Two copies of the same thing each – because that ticks all the boxes for the governments demand compliance.

Total and utter stupidity.

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 25/03/2026 – 10:06

Yes ridiculous isn’t it. We all remember & lots more of us pack up cause too much.

Reply to the comment left by russell branch at 25/03/2026 – 07:04
The problem with the landlord not getting a receipt is that the tenant may deny receipt. You will then be saddled with a £7,000 civil penalty which will actually cost you nearly double for I doubt it will be tax deductable.

Said it another thread on here, but wanted to say it again.

In the real world, no-one is getting a £7,000 fine for not providing the documentation.

Technically speaking, and I am really saying technically speaking here because it’s not going to happen, but you *could* be fined £7,000 for your first breach. however no-one will be fined that amount. If there is a fine then it would be worked out against a number of factors.

Is this the first breach? How many breaches have there been? Are there other breaches that go along with it? Are there aggravating or mitigating circumstances? Does the landlord accept responsibility for the breach straight away? How much harm has occurred to the aggrieved party? Would the fine amount actually be a financial penalty? Was there any risk to the aggrieved party?.. and this goes on.

o give another example of why you should not worry. Right now, if you are caught speeding doing 21MPH in a 20 area, you could technically be fined £2,500. That’s what the law says. Can you find anyone that has been fined that amount for speeding? It’s the same here. If you do have a minor breach on this one factor then there is not a chance that you would be fined £7k.

Stop Panicking.

Reply to the comment left by The Forever Tenant at 25/03/2026 – 15:30
Sadly your contribution is mere supposition for there can be no evidence to support your viewpoint. A financially desperate local authority may well impose the maximum fine for it is theirs to keep.

I have witnessed a court case where a landlord faced a £50,000 penalty for allegedly failing to produce the cover sheet of a deposit protection document. He won the case but nevertheless it cost circa £10,000 in legal fees which, although awarded, he did not recover. Everybody hates landlords and will go for the Jugular if it suits them.

Frankly this is a little over-dramatic. I’m sure portfolio landlords have no problem contacting tenants when they want to raise the rent! If you are self-managing then you have to put the time in, or pay management agents. Tenancy knowledge of the legal changes is low (about 35%) so they are not going to go to the .Gov website without any direction. If you are going to direct them to it, then you might as well send out the document. Finally the threat of selling is nonsensical; I have sold 3 flats in Nottingham this year; two to other investors (so no loss of rental opportunity there) and one to a FTB so good for young people to get on the ladder (reduced rental demand signal as well). Sounds a perfectly OK outcome for all concerned. A much larger threat than RRA is MEES, particularly for older landlords who probably have a lot of Victorian terraces that are impossible to insulate without major expenditure. I’m not exiting; I’m buying newer, energy-efficient, houses with higher rents and better tenants. What will be concerning in 2030 will be the streets of Victorian terraces in Nottingham that no one can sell and prices will plummet. Probably an opportunity for NCC to clear areas cheaply like the slum clearances in St Anns in 1960s, or for FTBs to afford a property currently out of reach. And that is good for the city generally.

Reply to the comment left by caringlandlord at 24/03/2026 – 12:23
If they do not answer report to the Parliamentary Ombudsman