Landlord compliance in Southwark: the local picture
For Southwark portfolios, align the compliance file with both the dwelling and any separate block responsibilities. An Elephant and Castle apartment may depend on a managing agent for communal fire records, while a Dulwich house landlord controls most installations directly. Record certificate status, outstanding actions and licensing checks without treating those arrangements as interchangeable. Peachtree Maintenance can coordinate work through one point of contact and provide digital certificates and job photographs. Agents can use monthly consolidated invoicing while retaining separate references for each property and instruction.
What the rules say
Most lets need a gas safety record every 12 months where there is gas, an EICR at least every five years, a valid EPC rated E or above, and working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. HMOs and licensed properties usually carry further requirements.
Managed compliance means one calendar for every certificate, renewals booked before they lapse and documents stored digitally per property, so you can show what was done and when.
Southwark licensing
Southwark selective licensing applies to qualifying private rentals outside mandatory or additional HMO licensing in its listed wards, including Peckham, Rotherhithe, Camberwell Green, Dulwich Hill and Dulwich Wood. The council lists the full ward coverage and provides an address map, which should be checked for each property.
Source: Southwark Council, last checked 2026-10-20.
Districts we visit for landlord compliance
Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Canada Water, Peckham, Camberwell, Dulwich, Walworth, Elephant and Castle, Nunhead, Bankside, covering postcode districts SE1, SE5, SE15, SE16, SE17, SE21, SE22, SE24.