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Section 48: Notification by landlord of address for service of notices.

Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 · 1987 c. 31View on legislation.gov.uk

Our take on Section 48: Notification by landlord of address for service of notices.

A landlord who never gave you an address cannot enforce the rent, yet the debt survives. Section 48 treats rent and service charges as not due until the landlord gives you, in writing, an address in England or Wales for serving notices. Once they do, the whole backlog falls due. We think it bites hardest in possession claims, because Ground 8 counts only rent lawfully due at both the notice and the hearing. A tenancy agreement naming the landlord with an England or Wales address is usually enough, and written statements for new private assured tenancies in England since 1 May 2026 must include one. Welsh occupation contracts are outside it.

Part VI: Information to be Furnished to Tenants

A landlord of premises to which this Part applies shall by notice furnish the tenant with an address in England and Wales at which notices (including notices in proceedings) may be served on him by the tenant.

Where a landlord of any such premises fails to comply with subsection (1), any rent , service charge or administration charge otherwise due from the tenant to the landlord shall (subject to subsection (3)) be treated for all purposes as not being due from the tenant to the landlord at any time before the landlord does comply with that subsection.

Any such rent , service charge or administration charge shall not be so treated in relation to any time when, by virtue of an order of any court or tribunal, there is in force an appointment of a receiver or manager whose functions include the receiving of rent , service charges or (as the case may be) administration charges from the tenant.

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