There are a number of legislative changes that will, or might, occur in the forthcoming year.  We will
be emailing information in due course and some of the topics will be:

• Minimum requirements for EPC ratings.  This is happening 1 April and we have emailed
  about this before.
• Introduction of compulsory electrical safety testing.  This is already a very strong
  recommendation to have done and it will probably become compulsory.  We urge all
  landlords to get this done.  For our managed landlords we can arrange this for you, as
  always, for no charge (apart from the contractors cost).
• General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) – you may be aware that this a substantial
  change to the current regulations which is happening on 25 May.  Our procedures and
  systems are very secure, nevertheless there will be changes to the way we (and any
  business) have to handle the personal information of anyone we deal with.  There will be
  more info on this later.
• Tenant fees ban – the government intends to ban all fees to tenants from agents, thus
  making us a free service to tenants and prospective tenants.  This might affect how some
  agents charge their landlords (particularly those agents who currently charge high fees to
  tenants, of which we are NOT one !)
• The Fitness for Human Habitation Bill – likely to become law by the end of the year.