England · Section 13 · Renters' Rights Act 2025

Lawful rent increases, calculated properly.

A specialist tool for Section 13 rent notices. Input your tenancy — we'll apply the dates, draft Form 4A, and keep an audit trail.

  • Section 13 specialist
  • Effective 1 May 2026
  • England only

Section 13 · Quick check

MONTHLY · England
£
£
Earliest effective date
01 Aug 2026
Increase
£1,495.00+6.8%
Interval
52 weeks

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ActSection 13, Housing Act 1988Amended by the Renters' Rights Act 2025
FormForm 4A (prescribed)Field-for-field, hash-stamped
JurisdictionEngland onlyPrivate residential tenancies
RecordFirst-tier TribunalTribunal-ready audit trail

How it works

Three steps. No ambiguity.

Each step is checked against the statute and logged to your audit trail. The arithmetic, the form, and the record — built so they survive a Tribunal review.

Step 01

The calculator does the arithmetic.

Input your tenancy details. We apply the Section 13(2) eligibility check, the 12-month interval, and align the effective date to your rent period.

Statutory start03 Apr 2025
Interval elapsed12 mo, 0 d
Earliest service15 Jun 2026
Step 02

Form 4A generated instantly. No manual filling.

Every field on the draft Form 4A is populated from your inputs — no re-typing, no misalignment. Hash-stamped for the audit trail.

Form 4A

Landlord's notice proposing
a new rent

Served15 Jun 2026
Existing rent£1,400 pcm
Effective from01 Sep 2026
Step 03

Every tenancy tracked. Every notice recorded.

The dashboard tells you which tenancies need attention this month and keeps an immutable trail of every calculation, generation, and service event — retained for six years.

Eligibility checked
3 Apr 2026 · 14:32
Form 4A generated
3 Apr 2026 · 14:34
Served on tenant
15 Jun 2026 · pending

Built for compliance

Built around the law. Updated for what's coming.

Noticr generates Section 13 notices tested against the Housing Act 1988, the Renters' Rights Act 2025, and 50 years of statutory amendments and tribunal case law.

Section 13 specialist

Built around section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 — the statutory mechanism for rent increases on assured tenancies. Every notice includes the dates, prescribed information, and Form 4A wording the law requires.

RRA 2025 ready

Patched on day one for the Renters' Rights Act 2025. The new 2-month notice period, the changes to fixed-term tenancies, the updated tribunal challenge process — all live from 1 May 2026.

Mistake-proof engine

Catches the four issues that invalidate a Section 13 notice: the 53-week rule, missing first post-2003 increase data, weekday alignment errors, and notice-period miscalculation. Surfaces the problem before you serve.

Noticr is a tool, not a law firm. Audit-ready output. You sign the notice.

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Free guides

Everything you need to know about Section 13.

Plain-English explainers written around the statute, not around it. Updated for the Renters' Rights Act 2025.

Validity

7 Section 13 Mistakes That Invalidate It

The 7 procedural errors that void a Section 13 notice on its face — short notice, wrong form, mid-period dates, the new s.14ZB cap.

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No notice

No Form 4A, No Rent Increase

What happens if your landlord raises rent without a Form 4A — and the transitional trap for pre-1 May 2026 notices.

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Form 4A

Form 4A Template UK 2026

The current form, the 2026 notice period change, and the four mistakes that void your notice before you serve it.

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RRA 2025

Renters' Rights Act 2025: Landlord Guide

What changed on 1 May 2026, what didn't, and the new s.14ZB tribunal cap most coverage missed.

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Rent amounts

How Much Can I Increase Rent?

No cap exists — but the tribunal applies a market rent test. ONS data, comparable evidence, and a worked example.

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Self-diagnostic

Is My Section 13 Rent Increase Invalid?

A 7-point validity check tenants and landlords can run in 5 minutes — Form 4A version, signature, dates, figures.

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Service rules

How to Serve a Section 13 Notice

Post vs personal vs email. Deemed-service dates. What to keep as proof, and for how long.

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Agent liability

Letting Agent Made a Section 13 Mistake?

Who pays when an agent botches a notice — liability, professional negligence, and the s.14ZB consequence.

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Figure errors

Wrong Rent Figures on Form 4A

Swapped numbers, increase shown instead of total, decimal slips — the 6 figure errors that void a Section 13 notice.

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Case law

Mooney v Whiteland [2023]

The Court of Appeal case that voided a Section 13 notice over a Friday effective date — the strict alignment rule.

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53-week rule

The 53-Week Rule Explained

Section 13(3B) Housing Act 1988. Why long-running tenancies sometimes require 53 weeks, not 52.

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Get started today

Get ready before the next rent review.

Every rent increase you manage manually is one miscalculation away from a tribunal challenge. Noticr helps you get the dates right — with an audit trail from day one.

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