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title: "LLCR Features"
description: "Compliance Defence Pack, proof of service with SHA-256 hashing, rent tracking and Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF (Pro), tamper-evident audit trail, Smart Document Capture, Section 8 Form 3A/4A (Pro), scoring, reminders, Document Vault, Ava AI — features for UK landlords."
url: https://llcr.uk/features.html
last_updated: 2026-05-13
---

# LLCR Features

Everything LLCR does to keep UK landlords on the right side of housing law — with **structured evidence**, not only date tracking.

## Compliance Defence Pack (Starter and Pro)

- One-click indexed PDF evidence bundle for a single property (structured sections, activity timeline, cryptographic verification)
- **Appendix:** certificate-linked PDFs and images on every plan; additional files from the **Document Vault** on **Pro** only
- Built with `@react-pdf/renderer` and `pdf-lib`; optional AI executive summary (Anthropic) with graceful fallback
- Structured export for your solicitor or tribunal — not legal advice in itself

## Tamper-evident audit trail

- SHA-256 hash chain on every material action; daily Merkle root anchored via **OpenTimestamps** (Bitcoin blockchain)
- One-click verification on any property page; PDF export includes the cryptographic verification statement
- Supports **integrity and timing** of records in LLCR — not a guarantee of how any third party will treat your evidence

## Smart Document Capture

- **Layered extraction pipeline**: structured pattern-matching for digital PDFs, AI-powered OCR for scanned or photographed documents
- **Supported certificates**: Gas Safety (CP12), EICR, EPC, Fire Risk Assessment, HMO Licence
- **Fields extracted**: issue date, expiry date, certificate number, engineer/assessor details
- **Landlord review required**: every extracted field is presented for confirmation before saving — nothing is auto-populated silently
- **Audit metadata recorded**: extraction source (`manual`, `pdf_extract`, or `ocr_extract`) and confidence score logged on every certificate

## Compliance tracking

- **Required certificates**: Gas Safety (CP12), EICR, EPC, AST, Fire Risk Assessment (HMO), HMO Licence
- **Optional certificates**: Buildings Insurance, Landlord Liability Insurance, Legionella, PAT Testing, Asbestos Survey
- **Compliance checks**: Smoke alarms, CO alarms, Right to Rent (initial + follow-up)
- **Auto-expiry calculation** based on issue date + statutory renewal period
- **Certificate immutability** — saved certs cannot be edited; updates create new entries with full history accordion
- **Deferred certificates** — "I'll add this later" without flagging a breach

## Proof of service (all paid plans)

- On each certificate, compliance check, and statutory document: record **date served**, **method** (e.g. Royal Mail Signed For, first class, email, hand delivery, other), **recipient**, and **upload evidence** (PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX up to 10 MB)
- Uploads are **timestamped**; LLCR computes a **SHA-256 fingerprint** and links it into the property **audit chain**; altering the file would break the match
- **Daily anchoring** of summaries with an **independent timestamp** (separate from LLCR-only clocks), alongside OpenTimestamps where applicable
- **Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet**: property banner for the **31 May 2026** deadline (fine up to £7,000); log proof of service the same way as other statutory items
- **Indicators**: green where proof is recorded; amber where proof is missing; evidence feeds **bonus points** on the compliance score when items are fully evidenced

## Rent tracking (Starter and Pro)

- Optional module: **does not change** the certificate-based compliance score
- **Portfolio rent overview** (`/dashboard/rent`): paid, overdue, partial, no tenancy configured; metrics for collected and outstanding, properties fully paid, active arrears, "next due this week", banners for attention
- **Tenancy setup**: tenant name, rent amount, frequency (monthly or weekly), due date, tenancy start date; backdating start can mark prior periods paid automatically
- **Property ledger** (`/dashboard/rent/[propertyId]`): mark payments received, edit amounts, flag periods unpaid
- **Section 8 legal readiness** when arrears exist: summary for **Ground 8** (three months monthly or thirteen weeks weekly/fortnightly at notice and hearing dates), **Ground 10** (rent unpaid at hearing), **Ground 11** (persistently late: more than three late payments in the last twelve months), with links to at-risk properties

## Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF (Pro only)

- One-click **timestamped** PDF per property: address, tenancy details, full payment timeline (due date, expected amount, received, shortfall, running balance), payment log with receipt dates and notes, total arrears as at generation, overdue period count, generation timestamp (date and UTC), disclaimer (generated from LLCR records; not legal advice)
- Formatted to support **rent arrears** particulars and schedules for solicitors and court use (alongside, not instead of, the **Compliance Defence Pack** for compliance evidence)

## Compliance score

- 0–100 score per property and across your whole portfolio
- Red (under 50) / Amber (50–79) / Green (80+) bands
- **Evidence bonus points** for proof of service on required certificates, How to Rent with proof of provision, deposit prescribed information with proof, Right to Rent with ID copy, and RRA Information Sheet with proof
- "How to improve" panel ranks the highest-impact actions
- Nightly portfolio score snapshots for trend tracking

## Legal Risk Overview

Live fine exposure in £ on your dashboard, computed from the statutory fine schedule:

- Gas Safety: up to £40k civil + unlimited criminal + 2yr custody
- EICR: up to £40k civil
- HMO Licence: £8k–£30k civil + unlimited criminal
- Fire Risk: £5k–£50k+ civil + unlimited criminal + 2yr custody
- Deposit: 1×–3× by court order

## Reminders and alerts

- **Email reminders**: 30 days, 7 days, and on expiry (via Resend)
- **Telegram alerts** (Pro): instant push via LLCRAvaBot for expired and expiring-soon certs
- **Deposit alerts** when deposit protection is missing or late
- **Notification settings** to toggle each reminder type

## Section 8 Document Builder (Pro)

- Generate Form 3A and Form 4A under the Renters' Rights Act 2025
- All 17 statutory grounds with mandatory/discretionary classification
- AI rewriting to improve clarity and tone
- PDF export ready to serve — you remain responsible for correct service and grounds

(Section 21 is not supported — abolished from 1 May 2026.)

## Free marketing-site tools (no account required)

### Form 4A Rent Increase Generator (Section 13)

- Complete the official GOV.UK Form 4A prescribed notice for proposing a rent increase under Section 13 on assured periodic tenancies in England
- Four-step guided wizard with built-in 52-week and 2-month date validation
- Instant PDF download; optional email summary and serve checklist
- 3 completed PDF downloads per 30-day rolling window (no LLCR account required)
- **URL**: https://llcr.uk/tools/form-4a-rent-increase-generator.html
- **Not legal advice** — does not assess whether an increase is fair or lawful; landlord must sign (electronically or by hand), serve, and retain proof of service
- **Distinct from Pro**: this is a Section 13 **rent increase** tool; the Pro Section 8 Document Builder generates Form 3A **possession** notices

### Compliance Checker

- Quick interactive compliance gap analysis for a rental property
- **URL**: https://llcr.uk/compliance-checker.html

## Document Vault (Pro)

- Upload PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX up to 10 MB
- Folder organisation
- Certificate evidence files also appear in the vault on Pro (Starter keeps certificate-linked uploads only, without general vault folders)

## Ava AI assistant

- Trained on UK landlord law and your portfolio context
- Two models: deep legal reasoning (Claude Sonnet) for complex questions, fast lookup (Claude Haiku) for navigation
- Signposts to GOV.UK, HSE, Shelter, Law Society, deposit schemes
- Starter: 50 messages/month · Pro: 50 messages/day · Trial: unlimited
- Does not provide legal advice

## Contractor Finder

- Find local tradespeople via Google Maps Places
- Starter: 10 searches/month · Pro and Agency: unlimited

## Reporting and exports

- Property PDF report
- Portfolio PDF report
- Calendar / ICS export of all upcoming compliance deadlines

## Other features

- Property archive and restore
- Mortgage tracking with 90-day deal-end-date warning
- Light/dark theme + adjustable letter size
- Workspace team access on Agency plans (Settings → Team: invite staff with view-only or full-access roles)
- Public Compliance Checker tool (no signup required)
- Free Form 4A Section 13 rent increase generator (no signup required; 3 PDFs per 30 days)

## Disclaimers

LLCR is a **tool**, not a law firm. It does **not** guarantee compliance or any court, council, or deposit outcome. **You** remain responsible for accurate data and for meeting your legal obligations. Scores, reminders, extractions, and exports are aids only. Full terms: https://llcr.uk/terms.html