Recovery by a landlord of costs relating to rent

As well as unpaid rent, a landlord can recover from the tenant the cost of:

• replacing rent deposit books or rent cards lost by the tenant
• the amount of any bank fees resulting from the tenant having insufficient funds in their account, such as fees for dishonoured cheques or dishonoured direct debit payments.

A landlord cannot recover any other costs such as Tribunal application fees, or the cost of enforcing a warrant. 

They also cannot impose any form of penalty (e.g. interest) for late payments.