Rent increases for Scottish tenancies, right first time.
Every tenancy's next review date in one list, a check that each notice is valid before it goes out, and the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 changes built in on the day they start.
Join the early listWhat it does
Every review date
See which tenancies can have a rent increase, and the earliest date the new rent can start, without a spreadsheet.
Valid before it goes
Checks the 12-month rule, 3 months' notice with time for posting, and warns before a notice goes by text or WhatsApp, which isn't valid.
New rules on their dates
30 days for the tenant to refer, the rent officer cap, Rent Control Areas when councils name them.
Rent data in one click
Current rents in the layout Rent Service Scotland asks for.
Dates to know
- 6 Oct 2026Wrongful termination payments rise to between 3 and 36 months' rent.
- 1 Apr 2027Tenants get 30 days, not 21, to refer a rent increase. A rent officer can't set a rent above the one in your notice. One joint tenant can end the tenancy for everyone.
- After May 2027Councils can propose Rent Control Areas, where increases are capped at CPI + 1%, never more than 6%.
- No date yetNo rent increases in a tenancy's first 12 months; pets and personalising the home.
Only need one notice? The Scottish Government's free form on mygov.scot creates a single rent increase notice. Rent Check is for people who look after several tenancies and want the dates, checks and records kept for them.