How to register as a landlord in England
You register online on the government's Register your rental property service, signed in with GOV.UK One Login. You register yourself once, for free, then each home you let, with its tenancy, its certificates and a £65 yearly fee. The service opens on 15 December 2026.
Before you start
Check your date
Your deadline depends on where the home is. Check your dates
Gather your details
The tenancy, the rent and three certificates for each home. Print the checklist
The steps
In the order the service asks:
- 1Sign in with GOV.UK One Login, or create one.
- 2Register yourself as a landlord: your name, date of birth, address, phone and email. This part is free.
- 3Add the home: its address, how you own it, its type and bedrooms, and whether it is let now.
- 4Add the tenancy: who lives there, any licence, the rent, how often it is paid and which bills it includes.
- 5Add the gas safety record, the EICR or EIC, and the EPC. Anything outstanding follows within 28 days.
- 6Pay the £65 yearly fee for the home, less in the first year during the rollout.
- 7Invite any joint landlord to the home. Each joint landlord registers too.
You get a registration number for yourself and one for each home, under section 84 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
After you register
Renew each year
All your homes share one renewal date, a year after you register your first.
Keep it up to date
Updates are free. Change the entry when a certificate is renewed, the rent changes or the tenants change.
Use your numbers
You can put your registration numbers on adverts now. Under section 82 that becomes a rule at a later stage.
What needs doing?
Tell us what you need done. We'll tell you the price, then find a local tradesperson to do the job.
Sources
Sol Wright
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