'This book amounts to a management tool that no landlord should be without.' - National Federation of Residential Landlords

Are you thinking of letting a flat or a house and want to know the true implications of being a landlord? Well, this comprehensive guide is here to steer anyone who intends - or already is - letting property through the legal and practical issues involved.

As a landlord, it is vital that you realise the extent of the obligations that you are taking on and are aware of your legal responsibilities. Landlords are subject to a plethora of regulations that are regularly amended or added to, and usually they involve penalties for non-compliance. This seventh edition - recently revised and updated to include the latest legislation regarding tenants on Housing Benefit - provides all the up-to-date information and tips that a landlord needs.

Written by solicitor Tessa Shepperson, who specialises in residential landlord and tenant law, The Complete Guide to Residential Letting guides you through the process of getting the property ready for letting, finding a tenant, and making the agreement with the tenant. It then goes on to discuss what happens during a tenancy and what you can do if you have problem tenants. The book then finally deals with what happens, or should happen, at the end of a tenancy.

The book also alerts existing landlords to the points of good practice that make a letting successful, and the legal obligations that they may not be aware of.

Valid in England & Wales, and Scotland.

About the Author

Tessa Shepperson is a solicitor in private practice. She qualified in 1990 and set up her own legal practice, TJ Shepperson, in 1994. Tessa specialises in residential landlord-and-tenant work and is now concentrating on legal work for private residential landlords.

1. The legal framework
2. Initial considerations
3. Preparation of the property
4. Houses in multiple occupation
5. Finding a tenant
6. The agreement
7. During the tenancy
8. Problem tenants
9. At the end of a tenancy