Renting from a private landlord or letting agent
Information for private tenants on your tenancy rights and responsibilities
-
Starting a tenancy as a private tenant
Includes background checks, signing the tenancy agreement and getting safety certificates
-
Tell your landlord about problems with your tenancy documents
Create a letter to send to your private landlord about missing tenancy documents or unfair terms
-
Paying a deposit as a private tenant
Including deposit limits, deposit protection and getting your deposit back
-
Renting from a letting agent as a private tenant
Standards that letting agents must follow and how to make a complaint
-
Check what type of private tenancy agreement you have
Includes a private residential tenancy, assured or short assured tenancy or regulated tenancy
-
Getting repairs done as a private tenant
Including repair standards, landlord access and getting your landlord to do repairs
-
Getting a rent increase as a private tenant
Including the forms you must get and your rights if you do not accept a rent increase
-
Get Rent Service Scotland to check a rent increase
Create a form to send to Rent Service Scotland when you do not accept a rent increase
-
Rent arrears as a private tenant
Including help your landlord must give you and applying for benefits
-
Rented housing disputes as a private tenant
Including mediation, the housing tribunal and antisocial behaviour
-
Ending your tenancy as a private tenant
Including how much notice to give and moving out day
-
If a private landlord wants to end your tenancy or evict you
Including eviction reasons and how much notice you must get
-
Check if a property is in a Rent Pressure Zone
Check if there's a limit on how much the rent can be increased
-
Check the register of fair rents for tenancies set up before 1989
Check the registered rent for regulated tenancies that began before 2 January 1989
-
Privacy notice - Rent Service Scotland
Information about Rent Service Scotland's privacy policy and how we collect and process your data.