PRS Database readiness list

The register is not open yet. This list is the data it is expected to ask for, gathered now so registration takes minutes per property rather than a scramble at the regional deadline. Abide.Rent shows your progress against it but does not file the registration.

1. Your region and its window

• Which region each property is in. The database opens one region at a time, each with a fixed window to register.
• The deadline for each region, in the diary of whoever will register.

Look up your window in the PRS Database deadline checker.

2. The landlord

• The landlord’s full legal name — a company’s registered name and number if it is a company.
• A contact address and email the landlord is happy to have on the register.
• Who will register: the landlord, or the agent on the landlord’s behalf, agreed in writing.

3. Each property

• Full address and postcode, and the UPRN if you have it.
• Property type and number of bedrooms.
• Whether it is let, and the tenancy start date.
• Licence details if it is an HMO or in a selective licensing area.

4. Safety and certificates

• Gas safety record date (if there is gas), EICR date and EPC rating with expiry.
• Copies on the property file, not in an inbox.

Find what is missing with the landlord compliance checker.

5. The numbers it will issue

• A Landlord Registration Number and a Property Registration Number, issued when you register.
• Somewhere to record both against each property, because both will have to appear on adverts once the government’s later advert rules start.

6. The fee

£65 per property per year, once live — for example, a 221-property book is £14,365 a year. Budget for it per landlord, since it is the landlord’s charge.

More detail: what the PRS Database will require.

Once registration is required for the property, an unregistered landlord cannot obtain a possession order except on grounds 7A or 14.