Guide
After you register your rental property
Registering isn't a one-off: you renew every year, update your entries when things change, and use your registration numbers in adverts.
Last checked 5 October 2026 against the Regulations and the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
Renew every 12 months
Each entry has a renewal date 12 months ahead, and you pay the £65 fee again for each property. If you miss the date, the entry becomes inactive the next day, which counts the same as not being registered.
Update within 28 days
When anything in your entries goes out of date, you have 28 days to update it. That includes:
- a new gas safety record, EICR or EPC
- a new tenancy, a rent change or a change in who lives there
- a new licence, or a licence ending
- your own address, phone number or email changing
The gas safety record alone means at least one update a year, since it's renewed every 12 months.
Registration numbers in adverts
The database gives you and each property a unique identifier. Any written advert for the property must include both, whether it's on a property portal, social media or a card in a shop window. You also can't market the property at all unless both entries are active.
Who can see your entry
- Councils and enforcement bodies can see the database to check landlords are complying.
- The public will be able to see some information. The government decides exactly what through regulations, and says it's planning to include information about property standards.
- Tenants and prospective tenants will be able to see certain details of offences recorded against a landlord. The government says it doesn't expect all the data to be public.