Tenancy agreement checker for England
Know what you're signing before it costs you your deposit.
Upload your tenancy agreement. In under two minutes you get every clause that conflicts with current English law, may not hold up, or is missing — with the gov.uk and Shelter guidance behind each one.
The first look is free. £15 only if you unlock the full report.
Tenancy law in England changed on 1 May 2026. Most agreements still in use were written before it. Yours probably was.
Checked against the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 and the Housing Act 1988, with gov.uk and Shelter guidance. Your file is deleted within 24 hours; your report is kept for 30 days.
Assured shorthold tenancy agreement
3 / 12Clauses 4.1 to 4.6 — payments by the tenant
4.2 The Tenant shall pay a check-out administration fee of £150 on vacating the Property.
Clause 4.2 — a £150 check-out fee
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans it. Ask for it to be removed before you sign.
What we actually find
Fees the Tenant Fees Act bans
Admin fees, check-out fees, "professional cleaning" charges. Since 2019 these are banned, and the Act lists exactly what can be charged. We tell you which line to question before you sign.
Clause extractThe Tenant shall pay a check-out administration fee of £150 on vacating the Property.
Clauses that may not hold up
Blanket deductions, repair costs pushed onto you, notice periods that don't match the law. They're in the contract to see if you'll accept them. We show you the clause, the rule it conflicts with, and the question to ask.
Clause extractThe Landlord may deduct from the deposit any sums the Landlord considers reasonable.
What's missing
Deposit protection details, prescribed information, amounts and notice periods left blank. If it isn't written down, you can't rely on it later — and neither can they.
Clause extractThe deposit will be protected with an approved scheme within ____ days.
£15.Your deposit is probably around £1,400.
A deposit in England is capped at five weeks’ rent. On a £1,200-a-month flat, that’s roughly £0 sitting with someone whose contract you didn’t write. One deduction clause you didn’t question costs more than ninety of these reports.
| Solicitor review | around £400–£500 | several days |
|---|---|---|
| Read the 40 pages yourself against gov.uk | free | an evening, and you'll still miss things |
| knowyourtenancy | £15 | two minutes, clause by clause |
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Already renting? It's not too late to check what your agreement actually says.
Deposit deductions, landlord entering without notice, a “professional clean” demanded at check-out. Check what your agreement actually says before you reply to them.
Check an agreement I’ve already signedHow it works
- 1Upload a PDF or a photo of every page.
- 2Each clause is checked against current English tenancy law and gov.uk and Shelter guidance.
- 3You get a report: the clause, the rule it conflicts with, and the question to put to your landlord or agent.
And what we’re not
This is not legal advice and we don’t pretend it is. Only a court decides what a clause is worth. For a dispute, the report points you to Shelter or Citizens Advice with the exact clause references, so the conversation starts in the right place.