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Why landlords should not give tenants their home address

Last reviewed 31 October 2026

In short

Your tenants need a reliable way to reach you. The main rules for notices and tenancy paperwork ask for an address in England and Wales where notices can be served, and they do not say it has to be your home. Using your home links your name, your rental and where you live across paperwork and public records. A separate correspondence address keeps your home private while every notice still reaches you.

Where does a landlord's home address end up?

Letting a home in England means giving your name and an address to your tenants, your deposit scheme and a few public registers. If the address you give is your home, this is where it travels.

Every tenantTenants must be given an address in England and Wales for notices, and they can ask in writing for your name and address at any time. SI 2026/324, Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 s48, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 s1
Rent demandsAny written demand for rent must include the landlord's name and address. Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 s47
Deposit paperworkThe prescribed information you give with a protected deposit lists the landlord's name, address, telephone number and any email address. Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007
HM Land RegistryYour title shows an address for service for each owner, and anyone can buy a copy of the register online for £7. HM Land Registry practice guide 55 and fees
Council licence registersFor licensed HMOs and houses in additional or selective licensing areas the public register must include the name and address of the licence holder. Licensing and Management of HMOs (England) Regulations 2006 reg 11
The PRS databaseEngland's new landlord register asks for your residential address plus a correspondence address in England or Wales for each property. GOV.UK says these details are not shared publicly for now, but some may be made public in future. GOV.UK guidance for landlords, 29 October 2026

See where a landlord's address is published for the detail.

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Why keep your home address private as a landlord?

Your tenant needs a way to reach you. That does not always mean your home address.

None of these reasons assume a tenancy will go wrong. Most run smoothly. The case for a separate address is about sensible boundaries and making sure important post is dealt with. For the practical uses as well, see every way a landlord address helps.

Your name, your rental and your home become linkable

Your name on a tenancy agreement says little on its own. Put it next to your home address, a Land Registry title and a licence register entry and anyone who looks can see who you are, what you own and where you live. Each record is reasonable by itself. Together they build a picture you never chose to publish.

Your letting business stays separate from home

Letting a property is a small business, and many landlords already keep a separate bank account for it. A separate address does the same job for post. Everything about your lettings arrives in one place and is dealt with as work.

Disagreements stay away from your front door

Most tenants never need more than an email or a phone call. When a tenancy ends badly or a deposit is disputed, a home address gives someone who is upset somewhere to go. Keeping it off the paperwork means a disagreement is handled in writing rather than on your doorstep.

Records get copied and matched up

Information that is public in one place can be copied and combined with information from somewhere else. Once your home address sits next to your name on a public record it is hard to take back, even after you change it at the source.

There is less for a fraudster to work with

This is a general privacy point, not a claim that landlords are targeted more than anyone else. Your name, your home address and the fact that you own property are the kind of details that make a call or email sound genuine. The fewer places they appear together the better.

Important post does not get missed

Notices from tenants, council letters, court papers and deposit scheme letters can come with deadlines. At a busy home they can sit under leaflets or wait while you are away. A managed address logs every item the day it arrives and tells you the same working day when legal or official post comes in. See how we handle your mail.

Moving house does not mean updating everything

If your home address is on your landlord paperwork, every move means a new notice for each tenant and updates for your deposit scheme, HM Land Registry, any licensing council and the PRS database. A landlord address stays the same when you move. Our guide to changing your landlord address lists everywhere to check.

Changing agent does not mean a new address

If your tenants have your letting agent's address for notices, it stops working the day you change agent or start managing the property yourself. Your own correspondence address stays the same whoever manages the property. See landlords with letting agents.

Living abroad still needs an address here

If you move overseas your tenants still need an address in England and Wales where notices can be served, and a home abroad cannot do that job. A correspondence address in England covers it and your post is online wherever you live. See our page for overseas landlords.

It looks professional

A clear address for notices used on every tenancy tells tenants and agents that you run your letting properly. Tenants know exactly where to send a notice and that it will be dealt with.

Home address or landlord address: how do they compare?

The benefits of a landlord address set against the issues of using your home.

Using your home address or using Landlord Address
Situation	Using your home address	Using Landlord Address
Tenants and agents	They have your home address.	They have an address in England that is not your home.
Written statement and section 48 notice	Your home address goes on both.	Our address with your reference goes on both.
HM Land Registry	Anyone who buys a copy of your title can see your address for service.	You can make our address your address for service using form COG1.
Licence registers	Your home address can appear on the public register.	Ask your council whether it will accept a correspondence address.
Legal and official post	It arrives at home and can be missed while you are away.	Logged, scanned and flagged to you the same working day.
Moving house	Every record needs updating.	Your landlord address stays the same.
Living abroad	You still need an address in England and Wales for notices.	Covered, with your post online.
Written rent demands	Your own address meets section 47.	Demands may still need your own address. See section 47.
Cost	Free, apart from your time and privacy.	£49 in your first year, then £99 a year, for every property you let.

If you are weighing up an agent's address, a PO Box or a virtual office as well, see all your options compared.

What a landlord address cannot do

It cannot take your home address out of the PRS database. Individual landlords still give their residential address, and while nothing is shared publicly for now, what may be published later has not been set out.
Written rent demands may need your own address under section 47. The Upper Tribunal has held that an agent's address alone does not meet it, so check before you rely on a correspondence address for demands.
It does not decide what a council puts on its licence register. Ask your council what it will accept as the licence holder's address.
It does not change paperwork your tenants already hold.
It never makes you unreachable. We check your identity before issuing an address, legal post is flagged to you the same working day and the service ends if it is used to avoid tenants, courts or councils.

Common questions

Do I have to give my tenant my home address?

Not usually. Section 48 and the written statement ask for an address in England and Wales where notices can be served. Rent demands under section 47 are the main exception to check. Read do I have to give my tenant my home address.

Will my tenant know I use a correspondence address?

Yes, and that is fine. What tenants need is an address that works, and every item sent to it is logged the day it arrives.

I use a letting agent. Do I still need my own address?

Your agent's address can be your address for notices under section 48 if they agree, but it changes when you change agent and it does not meet section 47 on rent demands. See landlords with letting agents.

Who can use Landlord Address?

Individual landlords and joint owners with rental property in England. Limited companies and landlords with property in Scotland or Northern Ireland can join the waiting list. We focus on England, and landlords in Wales can join the waiting list too. Check which address you need.

How do I start keeping my address private?

Follow our step by step privacy checklist.

Sources

Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, section 48, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, section 47, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
Addressing the issue: sections 47 and 48 and Beitov Properties Ltd v Martin, Gatehouse Chambers, checked 31 October 2026.
The Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, section 1, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
The Housing (Tenancy Deposits) (Prescribed Information) Order 2007, article 2, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
Practice guide 55: address for service, HM Land Registry, updated 18 May 2026, checked 31 October 2026.
HM Land Registry information services fees, GOV.UK, updated 9 December 2024, checked 31 October 2026.
The Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006, regulation 11, legislation.gov.uk, checked 31 October 2026.
Get ready to register, GOV.UK Housing Hub, updated 29 October 2026, checked 31 October 2026.
Register your rental property service: guidance for landlords, GOV.UK, published 29 October 2026, checked 31 October 2026.