Landlord Certificates and a Landlord's Certificate
There is a subtle difference in what might be referred to as Landlord Certificates and Landlord's Certificate, which is outlined below
[edit] Landlord Certificates
The phrase Landlord Certificates is usually used to describe a number of certificates that a landlord is required and/or recommended to have in order to let a property in the UK. These will vary depending on which part of the UK the property is located, the size and type of property (such as a house in multiple occupation; HMO or higher-risk building) and how the property is let such as private residential, social residential, leasehold, commercial let or short term holiday let.
Examples of landlord certificates are outlined below, it is important to check which are required and which are recommended under for specific circumstances as in some cases fines and criminal charges may be attached to not meeting certain requirements.
[edit] Deposit Protection Certificate or Proof of Deposit Protection
[edit] Gas Safety Certificate or CP12 Certificate
[edit] Electrical Safety Certificate or Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR)
[edit] Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)
[edit] Fire Safety Certificate or Assessment
[edit] Legionella Certificate or Risk Assessment
[edit] PAT certificate or Portable Appliance Testing Certificate
[edit] Landlord's Certificate
Reg. 5 in force at 20.7.2022
The Landlord's Certificate is an element of the Building Safety Act 2022 and is a specific document that must contain certain information and be supplied within a certain time frame. It is described under the Statutory Instrument No. 711 of The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) Regulations 2022 'Landlord’s certificate section 6, which came into force 20th July, 2022.
Essentially a landlord’s certificate is a pro-former, completed by mandatory request or voluntarily. Te certificate provides a leaseholder with information about the building, about the landlord themselves and also whether any relevant defects exist in the property. It also states whether the leaseholder is being requested to contribute towards the costs of remediation through service charges or whether the landlord will be responsible for some or all of the associated costs.
Such a certificate must be provided by a landlord with any request of service charges or on becoming aware of a relevant defect, not covered by previous certificates, when a property is being sold, if one is requested by a leaseholder or
Becoming aware of a new leaseholder deed of certificate containing information not included in a previous landlord’s certificate
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