BRLA LANDLORD ACCREDITATION APPLICATION

The Requirements for Landlord Accreditation are to:

  • Attend at least 4 BRLA general meetings each year to maintain continued professional development
  • Conduct their rental business in a professional, courteous and business-like manner and in accordance with the BRLA Code of Practice
  • Ensure that premises meet all legal requirements and standards for rental properties
  • Use a written Tenancy Agreement, with both landlord and tenant receiving copies. (Not required for pre-existing tenancies where none exists)
  • To comply with all deposit scheme legal requirements where a deposit is taken, and return the deposit in full at the end of the tenancy, or provide written reasons why any part of the deposit has not been returned *
  • Provide a copy of the landlords’ dispute procedure
  • Obtain and check references and keep copies
  • Provide a written receipt for cash payments
  • Provide user instructions, where possible, for equipment provided
  • Provide a current gas safety certificate (to be renewed annually) **
  • Provide a current electrical safety certificate (to be renewed every 5 years)
  • Provide a current Energy Performance Certificate within the legal range
  • Provide a contents list / inventory – 2 copies, both to be signed and dated by both parties (Not required for preexisting tenancies where none exists) *
  • Provide Landlord contact details *
  • Provide gas, electricity and water shut off point details *
  • Provide gas, electricity and water supplier details *
  • Complete an annual Housing Health and Safety Rating System safety check *
  • Provide smoke alarms in the circulation area of each floor (hard wired or battery operated)
  • Provide a carbon monoxide alarm for each room where there is a gas appliance or open fire
  • Ensure that the property is kept in a good condition and carry out emergency repairs, if possible, within 24 hours
  • Carry out repairs in a timely manner and in consultation with the tenant
  • Actively manage anti-social behaviour involving a landlord's own tenants and premises and assist statutory authorities with any inquiries
  • Provide references for exiting or past tenants if requested
  • Register with the Information Commissioner's Office, if you hold any tenant data, using the following link: ico.org.uk
  • Declare that the landlord and their business associates are 'fit and proper persons' as described below

    Forms provided for this purpose – see website Forms and Downloads (members only)
    To conform to the Gas Safe Approved Code of Practice landlords are advised that all properties should be re-checked between tenancies, even if there is a valid gas safety certificate in force.

    Declare that the landlord or any person associated with the landlord has no unspent convictions that are relevant to renting of properties including:

    • Any offence involving fraud or other dishonesty, or violence or drugs or any offence listed in Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
    • Any unlawful discrimination on grounds of sex, colour, race, ethnic or national origins, or disability in, or in connection with, the carrying out of any business.
    • Contravention of any provision of the law relating to housing or landlord and tenant law (including any civil proceedings that were lost).
  • Declare that during the last 5 years neither the landlord, nor any person associated with the Landlords Business, have:
    • Been in control of any property subject to a court order under Section 379 of the Housing Act 1985.
    • Been refused a licence or had a licence removed for any property in relation to HMO, additional or selective licensing under the Housing Act 2004.
    • Been found to breach a condition on a licence for any property in relation to HMO, additional or selective licensing under the Housing Act 2004.
    • Been found by a Local Authority to have acted otherwise than in accordance with any Code of Practice approved under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004.
    • Been in control of a property that has been subject to any proceedings by a Local Authority (such as breaches of the Environmental Protection Act, planning control of compulsory purchase proceedings).
    • Been in control of any property on which the Local Authority has carried out work in default or.
    • Been in control of any property which has been subject to an interim or final management order or a special interim management order under the Housing Act 2004.
  • I hereby apply for membership of the BRLA ‘Best Landlord’ Accreditation Scheme
  • I have read, and agree to abide, by the BRLA Code of Practice and ‘Requirements for Landlord Accreditation’ and understand my responsibilities and obligations. I confirm that I am a fit and proper person as stated.
  • I understand that if I breach the responsibilities and obligations of the scheme, my BRLA ‘Best Landlord’ Accreditation membership will be terminated for a period of 2 years.
I agree that my name can be listed on the BRLA website as an accredited landlord: