We take landlords and letting agents through every step of letting out property, from creating a tenancy to ending one. We’ll also keep you up to date with legal changes

There are many attractions to being a private landlord, but it does bring significant legal obligations. This applies whether you’re letting out a single property (including a holiday property) or have a bigger portfolio.

Letting agents too must deal with ever-evolving requirements.

Staying on top of your legal obligations

In an area where even a small oversight can land you with sizeable fines or stop you ending a tenancy, our practical legal advice can help protect your financial returns and reputation. We can support you on a full range of legal aspects, including:

  • Requirements for any type of tenancy, including private residential tenancies and pre-2017 tenancies
  • Landlord registration
  • Drafting tenancy agreements and managing tenancy deposits
  • Regulations for houses in multiple occupancy (HMOs) and HMO appeals
  • Your obligations on property maintenance, gas and electrical installation, and other issues
  • Dealing with problems such as rent arrears
  • Issuing notices to quit and notices to leave, and recovering possession
  • Handling disputes including neighbour or boundary disputes

Protecting your interests in terminations and tribunals

Landlords may find themselves presented with claims by their tenants accusing them of wrongfully terminating their tenancy. We’re happy to help you defend these applications but better still, we can help reduce the risk of this happening at all.

We can also represent you in other legal disputes with tenants, including tribunal actions.

Letting agent Code of Practice

Scotland’s Code of Practice for letting agents is lengthy and complex, and there is no cost to a tenant to pursue you for any alleged breach.

As well as helping you comply with the Code and wider legal obligations, we can support you in responding to a complaint. As with all our support, we’ll use our legal skill and commercial understanding to seek workable, cost-effective outcomes.

Meet the team

When a dispute lands, we help you find the most sensible way through. That might mean negotiation, mediation, arbitration or court, always with a focus on protecting your position and keeping disruption to a minimum.