List your property — private landlords

Free listing for private landlords letting their own Edinburgh property. No contract, no commission.

If you own an Edinburgh property and let it yourself — without using a letting agent — Rent in Edinburgh is built for you. Listing is free, there's no contract, and you add properties manually through a simple dashboard. No feed integration needed.

Before you list: the Edinburgh checklist

Edinburgh has a few requirements every private landlord must have in place before advertising a property. None of them are onerous, but all of them are legal obligations.

  • Register with the City of Edinburgh Council. Every private landlord in Scotland must be on the Scottish Landlord Register. First property is approximately £65; additional properties roughly £15 each. Registration lasts 3 years. Letting an unregistered property is a criminal offence with fines up to £50,000.
  • Protect the deposit. If you take a deposit, it must be in one of three approved schemes (SafeDeposits Scotland, Letting Protection Service Scotland, mydeposits Scotland) within 30 working days. Failure can cost you up to 3× the deposit.
  • Get your safety certificates in order. Valid gas safety certificate (annual), electrical installation condition report (every 5 years), EPC (minimum E), and interlinked smoke/heat/CO detectors.
  • HMO licence if applicable. If 3 or more unrelated tenants will share the property, you need an HMO licence from the council before you advertise. Edinburgh's planning policy restricts new HMOs in much of Marchmont, Newington, Sciennes, Tollcross and Polwarth — check before you commit.
  • Short-term lets are a separate regime. If you're letting for under 31 days (Airbnb-style or festival lets), you need a short-term let licence plus, in most of Edinburgh, planning permission for change of use. Many landlords are moving back to long-lets as a result — and that's where we come in.

What listing looks like

Create an account, add your property (address, photos, rent, description, EPC rating, deposit protection scheme), and it's live. Your phone number and email are shown on the listing — enquiries come directly to you. No enquiries are filtered through us.

What's coming in 2026 and 2027

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 came into force on 1 April 2026. Edinburgh is among the cities most likely to be designated a rent control area once the council's rent condition assessment completes (due by 31 May 2027). Designation would cap annual rent increases at CPI + 1% (maximum 6%), one increase per property per year. Read our full explainer: Housing (Scotland) Act 2025: What Edinburgh Landlords Need to Know.

Ready to list?

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Still deciding? Back to the main listing page, or see the letting agent guide.