Do I have to give my tenant my home address?

What does the law ask landlords to give tenants?

None of the main rules covered here says in terms that tenants must be given your home address. Instead several separate rules each ask for a name, an address or both, for different reasons. Most want an address where notices and legal papers will reach you. A few want more. The table gives the short version and the sections below explain each rule.

Do I have to put my home address on a section 48 notice?

No. Section 48 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 asks for an address in England and Wales at which notices, including notices in proceedings, may be served on you. It does not say the address must be where you live. It must work, though, and until you give one rent is treated as not due. More in our section 48 guide.

Does the tenancy agreement need my home address?

For assured tenancies in England from 1 May 2026 the written statement of terms must include your name and an address in England and Wales where notices can be served on you. That is an address for notices, not a home address. See the address on a tenancy agreement.

What if my tenant asks for my address?

Under section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 a tenant can ask in writing for your name and address, and must get a written reply within 21 days. The Act says name and address rather than home address. It is widely treated as satisfied by a correspondence address, but take advice if you need certainty. See when a tenant asks for your name and address.

When might I need to give my own address?

On written demands for rent or other sums. Section 47 of the 1987 Act says they must contain the landlord's name and address. In Beitov Properties Ltd v Martin the Upper Tribunal held this means your own address, where you live or carry on business. A correspondence address alone may not be enough. If rent comes by standing order and you send no written demands this may not arise, but check anything you send that asks for money. See section 47 and rent demands.

What address goes on the deposit paperwork?

The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007 lists the landlord's name, address, telephone number and any email address. Some scheme templates allow agent details, but whether an agent's or care-of address complies is debated. Check with your scheme before you rely on one. See deposit prescribed information.

Is my home address on the Land Registry?

It may be. The register shows an address for service for each owner, and anyone can buy an official copy of a title register for £7 online. If you gave your home address when you bought, anyone who looks can link your name, your rental property and your home. You can have up to three addresses for service and a care-of address is accepted. Owners update them with form COG1. See your Land Registry address.

Will my address be on a council licence register?

If your property needs an HMO, additional or selective licence, the council's public register must include the name and address of the licence holder and of the person managing the house. What a council will accept as the licence holder's address is for the council to decide, so ask yours. See HMO landlords.

Will the PRS database show my home address?

The PRS database, called Register your rental property, opens region by region from 15 December 2026. It asks individual landlords for their residential address, so a correspondence address cannot keep your home address out of the database itself. For each property it also asks for a correspondence address, which cannot be a PO Box number.

Not for now. GOV.UK guidance published on 29 October 2026 says landlord and property information will not currently be shared publicly. Some may be made public in future, and a privacy notice will be updated before any change. The government has said it does not envisage all data being publicly accessible. See what address to give on the PRS database.

So what should I give my tenant?

• Your real name, always.
• One address in England and Wales for notices, used on your section 48 notice, your written statement and in any reply to a tenant's request.
• A phone number and email address for lettings that actually reach you.
• Your own address on any written rent demands you send, or take advice first.

Keeping your home address private is fine. Becoming hard to reach is not, because tenants, councils and courts must still be able to get notices to you. Landlord Address checks every customer's identity before issuing an address. We log each letter the day it arrives and tell you the same working day when legal or official post comes in. See how it works, or compare your options first.

Common questions

Can my tenant find my home address anyway?

Possibly. If your Land Registry address for service or a council licence register shows your home address, anyone who looks can find it. See where a landlord's address is published.

Is it allowed to use a correspondence address instead?

For the rules that ask for an address for notices, yes, as long as post there reaches you. The exceptions to watch are written rent demands under section 47 and the residential address the PRS database collects.

What if I live abroad?

You still need an address in England and Wales where tenants can serve notices, so a home address abroad will not do for section 48. See overseas landlords.

What is the quickest way to take my home address off everything?

Work through one list. Our privacy checklist and the guide to changing your landlord address cover each place in turn.