Apply to Rent Service Scotland about the rent you're charged

If you think your rent increase is too high

You should only use this form if you have a 'private residential tenancy'.

You're likely to have a private residential tenancy if you started renting from a private landlord on or after 1 December 2017. If your tenancy agreement started before 1 December 2017 you don't have a private residential tenancy.

A private landlord is a person or business who rents a home to you. You shouldn't use this notice if you rent from a local council or housing association.

You think your rent increase is too high

You can apply to Rent Service Scotland (RSS) if you want a Rent Officer to decide what your rent should be.

You can use this form to apply to Rent Service Scotland (RSS) if:

your Landlord has given you a Rent Increase Notice
you think the increase to your rent is too high - if you apply, a Rent Officer can put your rent up as well as down
it's less than 21 days since you got a Rent Increase Notice from your landlord
you're not in a Rent Pressure Zone - this will be checked when you fill in the form

To complete this form

You'll need to know:

your landlord's details
details of any other tenants who are joint tenants with you
details about the home, such as whether it has double glazing, and whether there are any shared areas

When you submit your form, you should also submit:

the Rent Increase Notice you got from your landlord telling you about your rent increase
if you're charged for furniture or white goods as part of your rent, a list of what you're charged for
your tenancy agreement

RSS home visits

To help decide what your rent should be, RSS might need to send a Rent Officer to inspect your home. You'll need to be in when the Rent Officer visits. You can only change the time of this visit once.

If you're not in when the Rent Officer calls, they will decide what your rent should be without making a visit to your home.

After you submit this form

Once you submit this form, RSS will review it and aim to let you know the new rent amount within 40 days.

Property address

Enter a postcode to find the rental property's address.

Postcode

Tenant's Agent

A tenant can ask someone, such as a friend, to deal with RSS on their behalf.

Have you agreed this?

Yes No

When someone acts on the tenant's behalf, they're known as the tenant's 'agent'.

Give the agent's full contact details:

Full name

Email

Phone number

Address

Postcode

Enter the address manually

Type of home

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star What type of home is being rented?

Flat

Bungalow

Cottage

Terraced house

Semi-detached house

Detached house

Other

Rooms

You need to tell us how many of each type of room the home has.

Enter the number of:

Shared areas

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Do you share any part of the home, or an area outside, with other tenants?

Yes No

Outside space

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Does the tenancy agreement with your landlord include the use of any outside space, such as a parking space, garden, other building or land?

Yes No

Heating

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star What type of heating does the home have?

None

Part central heating

Full central heating

Electric heating

Storage heaters

Glazing

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star What type of glazing does the home have?

No double glazing

Full double glazing

Some double glazing

Secondary glazing - this means a second pane of glass and a second window frame has been added to the windows

Triple glazing

Services

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Do you pay your landlord for a service as part of your rent?

A service can include things like:

a cleaning charge
a fee for the upkeep of a shared area

Yes No

Furniture

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Are you charged for things in the home, such as white goods or furniture, as part of the rent?

Yes No

Improvements

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Have you, or a joint tenant, made any changes to the home?

This can include:

if you've added furniture to the home
changed any fittings

Yes No

star Has the landlord done anything to improve the property since you moved in?

This can include work to make the property more modern.

Yes No

Damage

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star Have you, or a previous tenant, damaged or caused defects to any of the following?

the house
fixtures
fittings
furniture

Only include damage or defects caused by not following the terms of your tenancy.

Yes No

Current rent

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star How much is each rent payment?

star How often do you pay rent?

New rent

All fields marked with an asterisk (star) must be filled in

star How much does your landlord want to charge for rent after the increase?

star How often would you need to pay the new rent charge?

Letting agent

Does the landlord have an agent working on their behalf?

Yes No

If an agent (or another person) acts on your Landlord’s behalf please give us all their contact details, including their address.

star Full name

Email

Phone number

Address

Postcode

Enter the address manually

Property visit

To set the rent for your home, a Rent Officer may need to inspect your home.

If they do, the visit will take place during normal office hours. These are: Monday - Friday, between 9.30am and 3.30pm.

Please let us know the dates over the next month when you are not available for a visit:

Apply

To apply you'll need to download your finished form.

You need to complete the following challenge before you can download your application.

Your application - PDF

File type: PDF

Download

You should also include:

the Rent Increase Notice you got from your landlord telling you about your rent increase
a list of furniture you're charged for as part of the rent
your tenancy agreement

You can email these, and your form, to: rss.dundee@gov.scot.

If you can't email, you can post them to:

Rent Service Scotland
2nd Floor
Endeavour House
1 Greenmarket
Dundee
DD1 4QB

You should also fill in and give your landlord part 3 of your Rent Increase Notice. This tells your landlord you're going to apply to Rent Service Scotland.

If anything changes

You must inform Rent Service Scotland if any of the answers you've given in this form change.

You can contact Rent Service Scotland on: 0300 244 7000

Apply to Rent Service Scotland about your rent increase

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If you think your rent increase is too high

You think your rent increase is too high

To complete this form

RSS home visits

After you submit this form

Property address

Tenant's Agent

Address

Type of home

Rooms

Shared areas

Outside space

Heating

Glazing

Services

Furniture

Improvements

Damage

Current rent

New rent

Letting agent

Address

Property visit

Summary

Declaration

Apply

Your application - PDF

If anything changes