Apply for Letting Agent Accreditation

Section One – Agency details

Company name(Required)

Office Address(Required)

Main telephone number(Required)

Number

Additional contact number

Email(Required)

Name of primary contact person(Required)

Please provide your Letting Agent Registration number (LARN)(Required)

Date of registration

If you are a SAL Letting Agent Member, please provide your membership number

If you are a member of any other landlord association please provide details:

Where did you hear about Landlord Accreditation Scotland (LAS)?

Section Two – Fees

Number of properties under management

Accreditation Fee (including VAT)

50 properties or under

£90

51 – 150 properties

£198

151 – 500 properties

£402

501 properties or more

£474

How many properties do you manage?

Section Three – Your rental properties

Please attach a full list of property addresses currently managed by your agency. Please note that addresses must include postcode and local authority areas. An updated property list will be requested on an annual basis(Required)

Accepted file types: xls, xlsx, csv, Max. file size: 10 MB.

Letting Agent Accreditation Checklist

The following is a checklist that agents must meet or be working towards in order to be awarded accredited status. For more details about a particular standard, please refer to the Scottish National Core Standards for Accredited Landlords & Letting Agents which is the basis of Landlord Accreditation Scotland.

You should select yes beside each point only if you are certain that you are complying with the standard required.

As the Letting Agent I confirm that:

LA Confirm1(Required)

We comply in full with The Letting Agent Code of Practice which sets out the standards expected of Letting Agents operating in Scotland in how they manage their business and provide their services (Required)

Yes

LA Confirm2(Required)

We have staff who are qualified in line with the requirements of the The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (Required)

Yes

LA Confirm3(Required)

Our staff are qualified with/becoming qualified with (Required)

LETWELL

Propertymark

Safeagent

Below is the list of standards by which all accredited Letting Agents must comply. Some standards are duplicated in the Letting Agent Code of Practice but others are the higher standard required to become accredited.

Standard 1

Communication with tenant Details

Standard 2

Equality issues, complaints and disputes Details

Standard 3

Management of the tenancy Details

Rent and other charges Details

Deposit Details

Inventory Details

Standard 4

Repairing standard Details

Standard 5

Repairs and maintenance Details

see section 5.4 of the Scottish National Core Standards and Good Practice Guidance for Private Landlords – Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 section 19

Standard 6

Facilities and fittings Details

Standard 7

Heating, insulation and energy efficiency Details

Standard 8

Health, safety and home security features Details

Standard 9

GDPR Details

Please provide the names and job titles of the staff members involved in the day to day management of your properties, drawing up tenancy agreements and carrying out inventories/property visits.(Required)

Name

Job title

Letting Agent Declaration(Required)

We would like to apply to become an accredited Letting Agent with Landlord Accreditation Scotland (LAS).
We confirm that we have read and meet or are working towards meeting the standards outlined in the Scottish Core Standards for Accredited Landlords and Letting Agents (The Standards).
We will not knowingly supply false information in relation to LAS.
We agree to provide updated property lists, annually to LAS.
We will allow a representative of or person appointed by Landlord Accreditation Scotland to visit the property (if necessary) to confirm that standards are being met.
We confirm that we ensure attendance of all qualified staff at a minimum of 3 LAS training sessions/webinars annually.
We confirm that all new/unqualified staff will attend a minimum of one Core Training session annually.
We confirm that we will display the LAS accredited Letting Agent logo on our company website.
We confirm that we have copies of the following documentation (where applicable) and can provide copies if requested by LAS:

THE TENANCY AGREEMENT(S)
LANDLORD/AGENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE TENANT ON HOW TO REGISTER A COMPLAINT AND HOW THE COMPLAINT WILL BE DEALT WITH (if not included in the tenancy agreement)
GAS SAFETY CERTIFICATE (where applicable)
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CONDITION REPORT (EICR)
PORTABLE APPLIANCE TEST CERTIFICATE
ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE
LEGIONELLA RISK ASSESSMENT
HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMO) LICENCE(S) (where applicable)

We confirm that, where we have been unable to resolve a dispute with a tenant(s), we are willing to use mediation services to try and resolve the dispute (subject to the tenant’s agreement). We confirm that we understand that we must meet or work towards meeting, the requirements of the Scottish Core Standard for Accredited Landlords and Letting Agents in order to be accredited, and that we may have our accredited status revoked if there is evidence that we are not meeting any part of the Standards. Landlord Accreditation Scotland’s decision on whether accredited status should be revoked is final.

Scottish Core Standards for Accredited Landlords and Letting Agents

Standards Read

We understand that to ensure consistency, information about my application could be shared with a local authority where a local authority partnership is in place.

Name of applicant on behalf of agency(Required)

Position within agency

Date(Required)

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Section One – Agency details

Section Two – Fees

Section Three – Your rental properties

Letting Agent Accreditation Checklist

As the Letting Agent I confirm that:

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

Standard 4

Standard 5

Standard 6

Standard 7

Standard 8

Standard 9

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