ARLA Level 3 Residential Letting & Property Management study guide
ARLA Level 3 Residential Letting & Property Management · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Level 3 (SCQF Level 6) Award in Residential Letting and Property Management is a Propertymark Qualifications study programme delivered by distance learning for letting agents working across the UK. Propertymark describes it as fundamental to career progression for professional agents in this discipline, and as suitable for those working or aspiring to work as a letting agent or negotiator, a residential property manager, or a lettings or office administrator. The ARLA Level 3 Residential Letting & Property Management study guide has 2 sections and about 800 words.
01Health, Safety, Security and General Law in Residential Letting
This domain tests the statutory and common-law safety duties a letting agent must understand and help landlords discharge. Core concepts include the landlord's repairing obligations under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (structure, exterior, installations for water, gas, electricity, sanitation, heating and ventilation); the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and the 29 hazard categories; gas safety duties under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (annual check by a Gas Safe engineer, record within 28 days, retained two years); electrical safety (five-yearly EICR for new tenancies since 2020, extended to existing tenancies in 2022, supplied to tenants and retained); smoke and carbon monoxide alarms under the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations; fire safety in shared buildings including Furniture and Furnishings Regulations compliance; legionella risk assessment; right to rent checks under the Immigration Act 2014; and security of tenure concepts including the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and the distinction between a tenancy and a licence.
413 words, about 2 min02Residential Letting and Property Management Practice
This domain covers the transactional and management skills an ARLA-qualified agent must demonstrate: instruction and agency (types of agency - sole, joint, multi-agency - and the terms that must be agreed in writing), marketing and advertising rules, referencing and tenant selection , tenancy agreements (the assured shorthold tenancy, its fixed and periodic phases, and the requirement for a written statement of terms), deposits (protection in a government-approved scheme within 30 days, the prescribed information, and the consequences of non-compliance under the Housing Act 2004 including the penalty of one to three times the deposit), rent and service charges , inventory and check-in/check-out , repairs reporting and contractor management , and ending a tenancy (section 21 and section 8 notices, notice periods, and the abolition of section 21 in the Renters' Rights Act 2025 with transition to periodic tenancies). Traps: confusing the 30-day deposit protection deadline with the 28-day gas record deadline; thinking the prescribed information need only be given once (it must be re-served on renewal and on changes); assuming a section 21 notice can be served without a valid EPC, gas certificate, How to Rent guide and deposit compliance; and muddling the tenant's notice period on a periodic tenancy (one month for the tenant, two for the landlord, ending on the rent day).
387 words, about 2 min