Renting: The Essential Landlord's Guide to Tenant's Rights

This essential guidebook for landlords will answer all your questions about tenancy law, tenant's rights and how you and your properties are protected by the law.

'This guide not only contains a wealth of information which can be put to good practical use, it is also a delight to read’
Jacky Peacock OBE, Director of Brent Private Tenants' Rights Group

Are you a landlord who is in the dark when it comes to what you should expect when renting?
Do you know what you must allow your tenants to be able to do… and what you can stop them from doing?
This book will answer all questions that landlords have about the law and tenancy.

Written by Tessa Shepperson, a specialist in tenancy law, this book has been written to help you understand the law as it affects your tenants. In a practical and easy-to-understand manner, this guide tells you exactly what the rights of your tenants are. It also highlights exactly what their responsibilities under the law are.

Renting: The Essential Guide covers...

• Tenancy Deposit Schemes and the landlord
• The fine line between landlord demands and landlord harassment... and how to avoid overstepping it
• Tenant Eviction and the law on evicting a tenant
• When a deduction from the rent can be made by a landlord (and when it can’t)
• Housing Benefits and the law
• Legal proceedings and court cases
• HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupation) and the law

'Landlords: if you want to deepen your understanding of how the English letting system works this book will be the best ten pounds you ever spent.'
Tom Entwistle, Editor, LandlordZone