# rentready

**Is your rental ready for England's landlord database?**

From 15 December 2026 every private landlord in England must register each property on the government's
"Register your rental property" service (Renters' Rights Act 2025), region by region, at **£65 per property per year**,
uploading the gas safety record, EICR and EPC. Without an active entry there is no possession order from the court,
and penalties run to £7,000 (£40,000 for a repeat). `rentready` tells you your region's window and deadline, whether
your certificates will still be in date, what to book, what to upload and what it costs. Zero dependencies, one file,
also an MCP server and a Claude Code plugin, so your own agent can run it.

```bash
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/genzagents/rentready/main/rentready/__init__.py | python3 - check "B3 2TA" --gas=2026-02-01 --eicr=2023-06-01 --epc=2017-05-01 --epc-rating=D
```

```
rentready 0.1.0  B3 2TA  region: West Midlands
Window: requirement starts 2026-12-15, deadline 2027-03-14 (139 days from 2026-10-26); the service opens for everyone on 2026-12-15
  PASS registration deadline: West Midlands requirement starts 2026-12-15, deadline 2027-03-14; you can register from 2026-12-15
  WARN gas safety record: expires 2027-02-01, before the 2027-03-14 deadline (98 days)
  PASS EICR: valid to 2028-06-01
  PASS EPC: valid to 2027-05-01
  INFO EPC rating: rating D meets today's E minimum; the proposed C minimum for new tenancies from 2028 and all tenancies from 2030 would not be met
Do next:
  - Book before 2027-02-01: annual gas safety check by a Gas Safe engineer; upload the record and issue date
Fee: £65 a year (65 per property); renewal annual, on the anniversary of the first property registered (one date for the whole portfolio); later properties pay pro rata
Upload at registration (within 28 days of the entry):
  - Latest gas safety record (CP12) and its issue date, if the property has gas
  - EICR (or EIC if no EICR yet) and its expiry date
  - Latest EPC, and any MEES exemption; if the EPC has lapsed, the start date of the current tenancy
READY: nothing expires before your deadline. Gather the details above and register when your window opens.
```

## The timetable

| Region | Requirement starts | Deadline (midnight) |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 15 Dec 2026 | 14 Mar 2027 |
| East of England | 15 Jan 2027 | 14 Apr 2027 |
| East Midlands | 15 Feb 2027 | 14 May 2027 |
| South East | 15 Mar 2027 | 14 Jun 2027 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 15 Apr 2027 | 14 Jul 2027 |
| North West | 15 May 2027 | 14 Aug 2027 |
| North East | 15 Jun 2027 | 14 Sep 2027 |
| London | 15 Jul 2027 | 14 Oct 2027 |
| South West | 15 Aug 2027 | 14 Nov 2027 |

Registration opens for all of England on 15 December 2026. Source: the Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 as
summarised by the [NRLA](https://www.nrla.org.uk/resources/renters-rights/landlord-database-register-your-rental-property-service.)
and [HCR Law](https://www.hcrlaw.com/news-and-insights/renters-rights-act-2025-private-rented-sector-database-to-go-live-from-15-december-2026/);
official guidance at [housinghub.campaign.gov.uk](https://housinghub.campaign.gov.uk/renting-is-changing/get-ready-to-register/). Check gov.uk before relying on a date.

## Install

```bash
pip install git+https://github.com/genzagents/rentready        # or copy rentready/__init__.py anywhere
rentready regions
rentready check "SW1A 1AA" --no-gas --eicr=2024-01-01 --epc=2020-01-01 --properties=3 --json
```

Exit code 0 when nothing fails, 1 otherwise, so it works in a cron or a CI step.

### As an MCP server / Claude Code plugin

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add genzagents/marketplace
claude plugin install rentready@genzagents
```

Or add to any MCP client: `python3 /path/to/rentready/__init__.py mcp` (stdio). One tool, `check_property`.

## What it checks

- Region from the postcode (postcodes.io, no key; `--region=` to skip the lookup). Wales and Scotland are flagged out of scope.
- Registration window and deadline for that region; whether it is open, upcoming or missed.
- Gas safety record (annual), EICR (five-yearly), EPC (ten-yearly): valid at the deadline, expiring before it, expired, or missing.
- EPC rating against the current E minimum and the proposed C minimum.
- The fee for N properties, the renewal rule, the full list of details the service asks for, and the penalties.

## What it does not do

It does not register for you, fetch certificates, or hold any data. It never sends your dates anywhere; the only network call
is the postcode lookup. Not legal advice.

## Roadmap

A monthly watch per property (alerts before gas, EICR, EPC or the registration lapse; one email a month otherwise) is the
paid step, a few pounds a year. Press the button on the [project page](https://genzagents.github.io/rentready/) if you want it.

MIT. Built by [genzagents](https://github.com/genzagents); sibling of [citable](https://github.com/genzagents/citable).