Gas safety, EICR and right to rent deadlines
The certificate and tenancy clocks the product tracks.
Each clock, what closes it, and where the rule is published. You check how a rule applies.
Certificate expiry tracker
Certificates and licences, per property.
Gas safety
- Clock
- A check every year; the record goes to the tenant before move-in or within 28 days.
- Records
- Check date, expiry, and when and how each tenant got the record.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Electrical safety (EICR)
- Clock
- An inspection at least every 5 years.
- Records
- Inspection date, result, next date and the report.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)
- Clock
- The certificate's expiry date.
- Records
- Rating, reference and expiry date.
Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Clock
- A smoke alarm on each storey and carbon monoxide alarms where required, checked on the first day of each tenancy.
- Records
- The alarms fitted, and who checked them on day one.
HMO and selective licences
- Clock
- The expiry date the council sets.
- Records
- Type, council, number, expiry and conditions.
Tenancy deadlines
Clocks that start from the tenancy dates.
Deposit protection
- Clock
- Protected within 30 days of receipt.
- Records
- Date received, date protected, scheme and reference.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Prescribed information
- Clock
- Given to the tenant within 30 days of receiving the deposit.
- Records
- What was served, to whom, when, how, and the file.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Right to rent: initial check
- Clock
- A check before the tenancy starts.
- Records
- Check date, who did it and the type. No identity documents.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Right to rent: follow-up check
- Clock
- Before a time-limited right to rent expires.
- Records
- The due date and the date the follow-up was done.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet
- Clock
- To existing tenants on or before 31 May 2026.
- Records
- What was served, to whom, when, how, and the file.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Rent increases (section 13)
- Clock
- Once a year, through a section 13 notice.
- Records
- Each notice, the new rent and the earliest next increase.
- Rule
- gov.uk
Pet requests
- Clock
- A reply within 28 days of the request.
- Records
- Date received, reply due, the reply and how it was sent.
- Rule
- gov.uk