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Renting from a private landlord or letting agent

Information for private tenants on your tenancy rights and responsibilities

  1. Starting a tenancy as a private tenant

    Includes background checks, signing the tenancy agreement and getting safety certificates

  2. 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

  3. Paying a deposit as a private tenant

    Including deposit limits, deposit protection and getting your deposit back

  4. Renting from a letting agent as a private tenant

    Standards that letting agents must follow and how to make a complaint

  5. Check what type of private tenancy agreement you have

    Includes a private residential tenancy, assured or short assured tenancy or regulated tenancy

  6. Getting repairs done as a private tenant

    Including repair standards, landlord access and getting your landlord to do repairs

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Rent arrears as a private tenant

    Including help your landlord must give you and applying for benefits

  10. Rented housing disputes as a private tenant

    Including mediation, the housing tribunal and antisocial behaviour

  11. Ending your tenancy as a private tenant

    Including how much notice to give and moving out day

  12. If a private landlord wants to end your tenancy or evict you

    Including eviction reasons and how much notice you must get

  13. Check if a property is in a Rent Pressure Zone

    Check if there's a limit on how much the rent can be increased

  14. 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

  15. Privacy notice - Rent Service Scotland

    Information about Rent Service Scotland's privacy policy and how we collect and process your data.

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