So the Renters Rights Act means that Landlords can no longer discriminate against pet owners - you now have to have a legitimate reason to refuse pets. This is not a problem AS LONG as you choose the right tenant! I have been managing property now for 15 years and I have only ever had one problem with a pet in a property (and in honesty that wasn't really a big problem). A small puppy chewed the corner of the lino in the porch and so when the tenant moved out they readily agr

Fixed-Term Tenancies Are Gone: What Landlords Need to Know On 1 May 2026, the structure of private rented tenancies in England changed significantly. Fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) were abolished and replaced, for most private rentals, by assured periodic tenancies. The change applies to both new and most existing tenancies. Existing ASTs generally converted automatically on 1 May 2026, meaning landlords did not need to end the tenancy or create a new agreement