Cardiff is in Wales. Landlord registration and licensing run under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 through Rent Smart Wales as well as the Housing Act 2004 HMO regime. Rent Smart Wales states on its own site that "Immediate landlords, those who are entitled to possession of the rental property, must complete a registration" and that "Landlords who let or manage their own property and those who let or manage on behalf of others must obtain a licence to do so".
For HMOs, Shared Regulatory Services states for Cardiff Council that the law requires certain types of rented property to hold a licence in order to meet standards that ensure a house is safe for the occupants, that an officer arranges an inspection on receipt of a valid application, and that a full licence is valid for five years. It states that the Cathays scheme went live on 1 February 2023 for a period of five years, and the published Plasnewydd notice states that its designation ran from 1 January 2021 and ceased to have effect on 1 January 2026 unless revoked beforehand.
Deposits run on the Welsh occupation contract framework. The Welsh Government states that a landlord must protect a deposit where the tenant has an occupation contract and sent the deposit after 6 April 2007, and that a landlord has up to 30 days in which to comply with the requirements of the deposit scheme and provide the deposit information. GOV.UK names the three schemes for a property in England or Wales as the Deposit Protection Service, MyDeposits and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, and states that at the end of the tenancy the deposit is returned within 10 days of landlord and tenant agreeing how much the tenant gets back, with a disputed deposit held in the scheme until the issue is settled.
We would link landlords and agents to the Cathays designation, the Plasnewydd notice and the Rent Smart Wales register. Your page would set out the communal areas included, the room by room checklist, the access arrangements, completion photographs and your return visit policy.