Before you start
- You sign in with GOV.UK One Login, with the option to verify your identity.
- If you don’t have digital access, you can apply on paper.
- Each property must be registered within its region’s three-month window, the first opening on 15 December 2026. Check your region’s dates.
1. Register yourself as a landlord
Individual landlords give details about themselves and their contact information. Companies, charities, trusts and LLPs register as organisations instead: see limited companies and the PRS database. Landlord registration is free.
2. Register each property
For each property you’ll give:
- property details, for example the address, number of bedrooms and whether it’s currently let
- a correspondence address in England or Wales
- contact details for any managing agents, superior landlords and freeholders
You then pay the fee (£65 a year, reduced during the rollout; see the fee calculator) and get a property registration number.
3. Complete the property record within 28 days
You can add these straight away or within 28 days of registering:
- evidence of the gas safety certificate, if the property has a gas supply
- evidence of the electrical safety certificate
- evidence of the Energy Performance Certificate
- information about the tenancy, including the rent
- any licences, such as an HMO licence
If you don’t add them within 28 days, the property registration may be deactivated, which can put you in breach of the requirement to have an active registration for a let property. Your landlord registration is also deactivated if you have no active properties.
4. Keep it up to date
After that, you must update anything that changes or expires within 28 days, such as a new gas safety record each year. Updates are free. This is where a reminder for each certificate’s expiry date pays off.
Which properties need registering?
- Properties let on an assured or regulated tenancy. During the rollout (15 December 2026 to 14 November 2027) you only register properties that are let, or become let.
- In future, you’ll have to register an empty property before you market it.
- A licensed HMO needs one registration for the whole property, not one per room.
- Supported exempt accommodation doesn’t need registering.