What's on the compliance checklist?

Every tenancy gets the same compliance checklist, with one conditional extra:

• Gas Safety Certificate (CP12) — annually where there are gas appliances. Only a Gas Safe registered engineer can carry out the check.
• Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) — at least every five years.
• Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) — valid ten years, minimum rating E.
• Smoke alarm(s) fitted — at least one on every storey used as living accommodation.
• Carbon monoxide alarm(s) fitted — in any room with a fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker.
• Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet provided — given to the tenant before the tenancy is agreed.
• Legionella risk assessment completed — best-practice check of the water systems, per HSE guidance.
• Landlord insurance in place — not a legal requirement, but usually a mortgage condition, and ordinary home insurance rarely covers a let property.
• Deposit protection certificate — confirming you have the scheme's prescribed information ready.
• Tenancy agreement drafted.
• Furniture meets fire safety regulations — added automatically when the property is furnished or part-furnished.

Most of these require the document to be attached before the item can be ticked. Legionella and the furniture check don't, because neither usually produces a formal certificate.

Worth knowing: The alarm items here confirm alarms are *fitted*. Testing them with the tenant present on the day the tenancy starts is a separate legal duty, and it's tracked separately on the move-in checklist.