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Why landlords are reviewing their position
Most landlords do not have a compliance problem. They have a visibility problem. Certificates sit in three different email accounts, expiry dates are approximate, and nobody is certain whether the EICR that came back unsatisfactory two years ago was ever put right.
That works until something forces the question. A council enquiry. A tenancy dispute. An insurance claim. A mortgage review. Or, from late 2026, registration on the national Private Rented Sector Database.
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What the review covers
We work through your properties one by one and establish the position on:
- Gas Safety Records (CP12) and renewal dates
- Electrical Installation Condition Reports, including whether any C1 or C2 observations were remedied
- Energy Performance Certificates, current rating and expiry
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm provision
- Fire risk assessment requirements where the property is an HMO
- Emergency lighting where applicable
- Any property where evidence cannot be located at all
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What happens next is your decision
The review tells you where you stand. It does not commit you to anything.
If gaps are identified, we can coordinate the work. We act as your single point of contact and instruct qualified independent specialists, gas engineers, electricians, domestic energy assessors and fire risk assessors, arrange access, and handle any remedial work identified.
If you would rather take the list and arrange it yourself, that is a perfectly reasonable outcome and the review still did its job.
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Why landlords are doing this now
Three separate deadlines are converging.
The Private Rented Sector Database begins its regional rollout from late 2026. Registration is expected to require gas, electrical and EPC evidence for every property.
Section 21 was abolished on 1 May 2026. Section 8 is now the only route to possession, and it requires your compliance position to be in order.
Minimum energy efficiency standards are tightening toward EPC band C for privately rented property, with new EPC assessment methodology arriving from October 2026.
Every one of those turns on the same underlying evidence. Getting it organised once answers all three.
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Who this is for
- Landlords with more than one property, where tracking has become informal
- Landlords who have recently acquired property and inherited paperwork of unknown quality
- Limited company landlords who need a defensible position on record
- Letting agents who want a portfolio level view across a managed book
- Any landlord who is not certain, today, what expires next
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Ongoing renewal tracking
The review is a snapshot. The value compounds when it becomes continuous.
We hold your certificate records, monitor gas, electrical and EPC expiry dates across your portfolio, and contact you in advance of each renewal so nothing lapses. Documents are available in your account whenever you need them.
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Coverage
Sunderland, Washington, Houghton le Spring, Seaham, Newcastle, Gateshead, Durham and the wider North East.
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How to start
Tell us how many properties you have and where they are. We will confirm scope and cost before any work begins.
Areas covered
Serving Sunderland and the wider North East
Sunderland Landlord Compliance supports landlords, letting agents, homeowners and property managers across the North East, including:
Related services
Coordinate the rest of your compliance with SLC
- EPC Sunderland
- EICR Sunderland
- Gas Safety Certificate Sunderland
- Landlord Boiler Service and Repairs
- PAT Testing Sunderland
- Compliance Renewal Tracking
- Landlord Compliance Sunderland
- Letting Agent Compliance Support
- Unsatisfactory EICR Remedials
- HMO Compliance Sunderland
- Independent HHSRS Property Assessment
- HMO Fire Risk Assessment
