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Register Your Rental Property

Guide

How to register on the PRS database, step by step

What the GOV.UK Register your rental property service asks, screen by screen, so you can have every answer ready before you start. With everything to hand, landlords who tested it took about 10 minutes per property.

Based on the test (beta) version of the service shown in 2026, the Regulations and their Explanatory Memorandum. Last checked 11 October 2026. The live service could word things differently. The Regulations are still a draft until Parliament approves them, so details could change.

Before you start

You don't have to do it online: GOV.UK says offline registration routes will be available for landlords who need them, and the Explanatory Memorandum mentions a paper form. You can also register early, whenever you want from 15 December 2026, whatever your region.

Step 1: make your landlord entry

You register yourself first. There's no fee for a landlord entry. You give your name, date of birth and contact details (or your organisation's details), and you get a landlord registration number.

Joint owners each make their own landlord entry, then share one entry for the property and pay one fee. See special cases.

Step 2: add a property

Adding a property is split into two sections. The first is Add property details. These are its questions, in order, with the options the service offers. A few only appear depending on an earlier answer.

1. The property

  1. What is the property's address?House number or name and street, then town or city
  2. Postcode
  3. What type of property are you registering?Detached house · Semi-detached house · Terraced house · Flat · Other
  4. What type of property is it? (if you chose Other)
  5. Select the type of ownership you have for your propertyFreehold · Leasehold · Share of freehold · Commonhold

2. Licensing

  1. Select the type of licence you have for your propertySelective licence · HMO mandatory licence · HMO additional licence · This property does not need a licence · I'm not sureSelect which type of property licence applies to this property
  2. Licence number (if it has a licence)

3. Who lives there

  1. Is the property let at the moment?Yes or No
  2. How many households live in your property? (if it's let at the moment)The number of households in your property helps local authorities understand if your property needs a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence.
  3. How many people live in your property? (if it's let at the moment)Include everyone who lives there permanently, even if they are not related. You must include children and babies.
  4. How many bedrooms in your property?A bedroom is any room built or converted for sleeping, even if it is currently being used for another purpose (such as an office).

4. Rent

  1. How much is the rent? (if it's let at the moment)
  2. How often is the rent paid? (if it's let at the moment)Weekly · Every 4 weeks · Monthly · Quarterly · Yearly · Other
  3. Does the rent include any bills? (if it's let at the moment)Yes or No
  4. Which bills are included? (if the rent includes bills)For example: water, council tax, broadband
  5. Is the property furnished?Furnished · Part furnished · Unfurnished

5. Freeholder and property manager

  1. What is the name of the freeholder? (for leasehold and share of freehold)
  2. What is the freeholder's address? (for leasehold and share of freehold)
  3. Is there any other superior landlord? (for leasehold and share of freehold)Yes or NoFor example, if you rent the property from someone else and sublet it
  4. Superior landlord's name and address (if there is a superior landlord)
  5. Does a letting agent or property manager manage the property?Yes or No
  6. Letting agent or property manager's name (if an agent or manager is used)
  7. Their address (if an agent or manager is used)

6. Safety documents

  1. Gas safety certificateUpload it, or say there's no gas at the property.
  2. Which electrical safety certificate do you have for this property?Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) · Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC)Then upload it.
  3. Energy performance certificateThe service looks your EPC up on the national register and asks you to confirm it's the right one.

"Everyone who lives there" means everyone living there permanently, including children and babies. If someone moves in or a baby is born, that's a change you need to update within 28 days.

Step 3: the safety documents

The second section is the property's safety documents (the last group above). You upload the gas safety certificate (unless there's no gas), choose whether your electrical certificate is an EICR or an EIC and upload it, and confirm the EPC the service finds on the national register. Each certificate then shows as a summary with its status, such as Valid, and its expiry date.

If the property is let, you can make the entry first and add the tenancy details and certificates later, but you must add them within 28 days or the entry becomes inactive.

Step 4: check your answers and pay

You check your answers, pay the £65 fee, and submit. A registration number for the property arrives by email. Repeat Steps 2 to 4 for each property.

After you register

More in after you register.

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