Understanding your compliance checklist

Compliance items

Tendmere helps organise common requirements for private landlords in England. Applicability depends on the property, tenancy and local authority, and the checklist is not a legal certification:

• Gas Safety Certificate — Annual inspection by a Gas Safe engineer
• Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) — Valid 10 years, minimum E rating today; in-scope PRS homes must meet EPC C or equivalent by 1 October 2030 unless exempt
• Electrical safety — Inspection and testing at least every 5 years for covered private rented homes, with the report supplied as required
• Deposit protection — Protect qualifying deposits and provide the required information within the applicable deadline
• Right to Rent — Complete the appropriate check before the tenancy where the England rules apply
• Smoke & CO alarms — Record the alarms required for the property and evidence checks at the start of a new tenancy
• Legionella risk — Record the assessment and controls; there is no universal annual certificate requirement
• Landlord Insurance — Track policy expiry

How reminders work

For each compliance item, set the expiry or due date. Tendmere marks a recorded certificate or licence as due soon 30 days before its expiry date (you can change this for each item) and shows it on your dashboard and in your Activity inbox. Overdue items appear in red on your dashboard and in your Activity inbox.

Phone reminders 60, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before, on the due date and on the first overdue day are part of the Tendmere mobile apps, which are still in pre-release testing. Tendmere does not send compliance reminder emails.

Other compliance items

HMO and other licences, fire risk assessments, fire doors, fire alarms and emergency lighting are also built in. You cannot create your own compliance types yet.