Is your rental on the right side of the rules?
Answer a few plain questions and we'll email you a free report against Northern Ireland's rules.
What the report covers.
The things a council inspector, a deposit adjudicator or a tribunal would ask for. Your email covers the highlights; follow the private link for every rule, what it can cost, and what to do.
All of it is Northern Ireland's own law: the Private Tenancies Act 2022, the 2024 alarm regulations, the 2025 electrical rules and the bodies that enforce them. Not a UK checklist with the names swapped.
Gas safety
Annual Gas Safe check, the record to the tenant within 28 days, two years of records kept.
Electrical safety
A five-yearly EICR, required in Northern Ireland since April 2025, with C1, C2 and FI codes fixed within 28 days.
Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms
Smoke alarms in the living room and every hall and landing, a heat alarm in the kitchen, a carbon monoxide alarm by every boiler and stove, and all of them interlinked.
Deposit protection
The one-month cap, the approved scheme, the 28-day deadline and the prescribed information within 35 days.
Registration and licensing
The Landlord Registration Scheme, renewed every three years, and the HMO licence that Belfast City Council runs for all eleven councils.
Tenancy paperwork
The Tenancy Information Notice within 28 days, the notice of variation for any change, and what a written agreement does and doesn't cover.
Energy performance
A valid EPC before you market, and where Northern Ireland stands on a minimum rating.
Rent increases and notice
Three months' notice, once in twelve months, and the notice-to-quit periods that lengthen as a tenancy gets older.
Why good landlords get caught out.
The rules moved, and nobody wrote to you. Northern Ireland brought in the Tenancy Information Notice in 2023, interlinked alarm rules in 2024, and five-yearly electrical inspections and three months' notice for rent increases in 2025. Most landlords hear about this from a tenant, an adjudicator or a council letter.
The paperwork was done, once. A gas certificate is valid for a year. An EICR for five. A landlord registration for three. Deposit protection has a 28-day window that closes whether or not you noticed. Compliance is mostly a calendar problem.
The penalties are not proportionate. A missing EICR is a fine of up to £5,000. A deposit protected late can cost three times the deposit, with no time limit on prosecution. An unlicensed HMO can be fined up to £20,000. None of these need a bad landlord; they need a busy one.
Fair questions.
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