Registration and licensing
Keep Rent Smart Wales registration separate from the licence needed by a person carrying out letting or management work.
Wales landlord compliance
Compliance for landlords under Renting Homes Wales
Track Rent Smart Wales, occupation-contract, fitness, safety, deposit and licensing requirements in a plan built for the property you let.
Occupation-contract records
Track written statements, variations and service evidence for each contract-holder.
Fitness and safety evidence
Connect electrical, alarm, gas, energy and repair records to the requirements they support.
Renewal reminders
Receive scheduled email and in-app reminders for supported deadlines and expiring evidence.
Rent Smart Wales
- Applicable private landlords register themselves and their rental property with Rent Smart Wales.
- Registration lasts five years and must be kept up to date.
- A landlord carrying out defined letting or property-management activities must hold the appropriate licence, complete required training and meet licence conditions.
- A landlord who appoints a licensed agent and does not carry out those activities may not need their own landlord licence, but still registers where required.
Occupation contracts and deposits
- Private tenancies are managed through the Renting Homes (Wales) occupation-contract framework.
- The contract-holder must receive the required written statement and later variations or notices in the prescribed way.
- Applicable deposits must be protected and the required information provided within the statutory deadline.
- RentSure records contract and service history so the landlord can show what was provided, to whom and when.
Fitness for human habitation
- The dwelling must be fit for human habitation, assessed against the prescribed matters and circumstances.
- Electrical installations must be inspected and tested at least every five years, with the required records supplied to the contract-holder.
- Mains-wired, interlinked smoke alarms are required on each storey, subject to the detailed regulations and guidance.
- A carbon-monoxide alarm is required in each relevant room containing a gas, oil or solid-fuel burning appliance.
- Gas, energy-performance, repair and other safety duties still apply according to the property’s circumstances.
HMOs and local requirements
- Mandatory HMO licensing applies where the statutory occupancy test is met.
- Councils may operate additional HMO licensing schemes and set property-specific licence conditions.
- Higher fire-safety or amenity standards can apply to multi-occupied or complex properties.
- RentSure records the scheme and licence information supplied by the landlord; it does not assume one local standard across Wales.
Use Rent Smart Wales and the local council as authoritative sources
RentSure supports compliance administration and proof. It does not replace Rent Smart Wales licensing, a council’s HMO requirements or advice on the legal effect of an occupation contract.
Turn the guidance into a property-specific plan
Add your property and RentSure will identify the supported requirements that apply, organise the evidence and schedule email and in-app reminders.
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