Landlord Solicitors

Check the property's location, the agreement history, who occupies the home and who is entitled to act as landlord. A private assured tenancy, social tenancy, resident-landlord arrangement and Welsh occupation contract do not carry identical rules.

This page concerns residential landlord advice, not an offer of commercial property services. Tell Highfin who the other parties and agents are so it can check whether it can act. Advice for landlords is distinct from representing a tenant opposing the same instruction.

• GOV.UK: tenancy types
• Welsh Government: possession procedure
• Understanding a tenancy dispute

Repair and safety responsibilities continue during a letting. Review the applicable gas and electrical safety requirements, deposit protection, information duties and any property licensing requirements. Which checks apply depends on the property, tenancy and jurisdiction.

Retain records of inspections, certificates, reports, access arrangements and action taken. Delegating management to an agent does not make it safe to assume every legal duty has been satisfied. Ask for evidence and address gaps before relying on a notice or making a demand.

• GOV.UK: residential landlord responsibilities
• Repair obligations and conditions
• Deposit protection and disputes

A clear rent account helps distinguish missed payments from accounting errors or disputed charges. Identify the contractual and legal basis of each sum, then consider a realistic repayment proposal or the appropriate recovery route.

Other disagreements may concern property use, access, repairs or deposit deductions. Preserve correspondence and define the result sought. Negotiation can be useful, but it does not authorise withholding services, taking possessions or bypassing a legal process.

• Rent arrears and money recovery
• Other landlord and tenant disputes

For English private assured tenancies within the May 2026 reforms, a new Section 21 notice is no longer available. An applicable possession ground, its conditions and the correct procedure must be considered instead. A desire to sell or an unpaid balance does not itself complete that assessment.

Saved proceedings and older notices need their own chronology. Social housing was not generally brought into the new private assured-tenancy regime in May, and Welsh contracts follow separate law. Use the dedicated possession page for the evidence and steps relevant to a landlord seeking the property back.

• Renters' Rights Act commencement and savings
• GOV.UK: possession after 1 May 2026
• GOV.UK: notices served before 1 May 2026
• Landlord possession proceedings

Keep requests specific, reasonable and documented. Explain what inspection or work is proposed and follow the applicable access requirements. A disagreement about access should be addressed lawfully rather than treated as permission to enter or remove an occupier.

Threats, lock changes and interference with essential services can create serious liability. Where a tenancy has ended but an occupier remains, check the required process before taking action. The existence of arrears is not a general defence to unlawful eviction.

• Protection from Eviction Act: offences
• Protection from Eviction Act: court process
• Unlawful eviction and harassment

Set out the property, tenancy type, problem and desired outcome. Include earlier notices or claims and any deadline; a review based only on the latest letter may miss a relevant saving or existing order.

Highfin's existing service describes negotiation, possession work and rent recovery. Ask the firm to confirm the assistance available for your matter and the proposed terms. No portfolio-management service, commercial expertise, fixed fee or particular result is promised.

• The agreement, variations and agent correspondence.
• Compliance documents and relevant inspection records.
• A chronology, payment account and any court papers.

• Contact Highfin