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Which landlord address do I need?
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In short
Landlords letting homes in England must give each tenant an address in England and Wales where notices can be served. An address for you also goes on the written statement, deposit paperwork and some public registers. Which other rules apply depends on who owns the property, where it is, where you live and how you manage it. Answer six questions to see your result on this page. You do not need to give an email address.
Your result
Based on your answers, these are the address rules to check and what we suggest. This is general information about the rules in England, not legal advice.
The rules that apply to you
- Section 48 notice. Every tenant must be given an address in England and Wales where notices can be served on you. Until they have it, rent is treated as not due.
- Written statement of terms. For assured tenancies in England from 1 May 2026 the written statement must include your name and an address in England and Wales for notices.
- Tenant requests. A tenant can ask in writing for your name and address and must be given them within 21 days.
- Section 47 and rent demands. Written demands for rent must show your name and address. The Upper Tribunal has held this means your own address rather than an agent's, so a correspondence address alone may not be enough on demands.
- Deposit paperwork. The prescribed information you give with a protected deposit lists your name, address, telephone number and any email address. Check with your scheme which address it accepts.
- HM Land Registry. Your title shows your address for service and anyone can buy a copy of the register online for £7. You can change it with form COG1, and a care-of address is accepted.
- Licence registers. Councils keep a public register of licences that must include the licence holder's name and address. Ask your council what address it will accept.
- PRS database. From 15 December 2026, region by region, landlords of assured or regulated tenancies must register themselves and each property at £65 per property each year. You give your own details plus a correspondence address in England or Wales for each property, which cannot be a PO Box.
- Living abroad. A home address outside England and Wales cannot be your section 48 address. When your address on a rent demand is outside England and Wales, section 47 also asks for an address in England and Wales for notices.
- Your letting agent. An agent's address can meet section 48 if the agent agrees to accept notices for you. It may not meet section 47, and it changes when you change agent or manage the property yourself.
- Company landlords. For a company, the address on a rent demand means its registered office or place of business. On the PRS database organisations give a business address, which cannot be a PO Box.
- Wales. Our guides cover the rules in England. If your properties are in Wales, check the rules that apply there before you rely on anything on this site.
- Scotland. The Scottish Landlord Register public search shows, for each property, the landlord's name, any joint owner, an agent if disclosed and a contact address. Our guides cover the rules in England, not Scotland.
- Northern Ireland. Our guides cover the rules in England, so check the rules for Northern Ireland with an adviser before you rely on anything on this site.
- Other parts of the UK. Our guides cover the rules in England. Properties in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland may be covered by different rules.
What we recommend
A landlord address gives you one address in England for your section 48 notice, your written statements, your Land Registry title and the correspondence address for each property on the PRS database. Your home address stays off the paperwork you control. We log and scan every letter and tell you the same working day when legal or official post arrives.
Because you live abroad you need an address in England and Wales for notices anyway. With scans and email alerts you can read your post wherever you are. See overseas landlords.
Your agent can carry on dealing with tenants day to day. Your landlord address stays the same if you change agent or start managing the property yourself. See landlords with letting agents.
If you or your agent send written rent demands, read the section 47 guide before you change the address on them. Your demands may need to show your own address even if you use a landlord address everywhere else.
If your property is or may be licensed, ask your council's licensing team whether it will accept a correspondence address for the licence holder on the public register. That decision is for the council, so we cannot promise it.
Our address covers your properties in England. We cannot help with properties in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland yet.
Joint owners can share one plan. Each of you has an identity check before the address is issued.
One honest limit: a landlord address cannot take your home address out of the PRS database, which still collects your residential address. It never makes you unreachable either, because we check every customer's identity first.
We cannot give a limited company an address yet. Join the waiting list and we will email you when we can help.
We focus on landlords with property in England at the moment. Landlords with property in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland can join the waiting list and we will email you if we can help in future.
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What does each question tell you?
The check is short because a handful of facts decide which address rules matter to you. This is what each answer changes.
1. Are you an individual, joint owners or a company?
We give addresses to individual landlords and joint owners at the moment. Joint owners can share one plan, with an identity check for each owner. The rules also treat companies differently. On a written rent demand the address for a company means its registered office or place of business, and on the PRS database organisations give a business address that cannot be a PO Box. Company landlords can join our waiting list.
2. Where are your rental properties?
The guides on this site cover the rules in England, and our service is for landlords with property in England. Section 48 asks for an address in England and Wales, and England's new PRS database opens region by region from 15 December 2026. Scotland has its own landlord register, and its public search shows a contact address for each landlord. Landlords with property in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland can join our waiting list.
3. Do you live in the UK?
If you live outside England and Wales you cannot use your home address for section 48, because the address must be in England and Wales. Section 47 adds that when the landlord's address on a rent demand is outside England and Wales, the demand must also give an address in England and Wales for notices. HM Land Registry is more flexible: at least one address for service must be a postal address, but it does not have to be in the UK. Read more for overseas landlords.
4. Do you use a letting agent?
An agent's address can be your section 48 address if the agent agrees to accept notices for you. It may not be enough on written rent demands, because the Upper Tribunal has held that section 47 needs the landlord's own address. An agent's address also stops working for you when you change agent or start managing the property yourself, and every tenant then needs a new notice. See using your letting agent's address.
5. Do you send written rent demands?
Section 47 applies to any written demand for rent or other sums. The demand must contain the landlord's name and address. If it does not, any service charge or administration charge in it is treated as not due until the information is given by notice. If you are not sure, look at what you or your agent send tenants when rent is due and read section 47 and rent demands.
6. Is your property licensed by the council?
Councils keep a public register of HMO, additional and selective licences. The regulations say the register must include the name and address of the licence holder and of the person managing the house. What address a council will accept for the licence holder is up to the council, so ask its licensing team. See our page for HMO landlords.
For every rule side by side, see landlord address rules in England or compare your address options. This check is general information, not legal advice. If your situation is unusual, take legal advice.
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, Gatehouse Chambers, on Beitov Properties Ltd v Martin [2012] UKUT 133 (LC), 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.
- 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, checked 31 October 2026.
- 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.
- Decision 003/2024, Scottish Information Commissioner, checked 31 October 2026.
- Get ready to register your rental property, GOV.UK Housing Hub, checked 31 October 2026.