The points score now decides what you may charge for many homes — and a tenant can have an excessive rent reviewed. RealGrip counts the points as you enter the property, and shows where you land before the contract is signed.
Floor area per room, heating, kitchen, bathroom, outdoor space, energy label, property value, listed status — you walk through the categories in statutory order. Each one explains what is actually meant, so you need no separate manual.
As you fill in, you watch the total rise, the matching maximum rent, and whether the home falls in the regulated, mid-rent or free segment. If the rent you had in mind differs, you know now — not when the tenant asks.
Every calculation records which version of the tables was used and on what date. When the system changes, RealGrip flags it quarterly and applies it only after an administrator has signed off. So you can still explain later how you arrived at an amount.
The points calculation sits with the property details, so you fill it in while creating the home anyway. The outcome is a tool: the landlord remains responsible for the rent charged.