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Check a tenancy agreement before you sign
The contract arrived as a long PDF. Get the money and notice clauses pulled out and questions to ask before signing.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me check a tenancy agreement before I sign. Sections I've copied: [rent, deposit, term, break clause, notice, bills, other] Rent and deposit amounts: [details] Who's on the tenancy: [names] What worries me: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A plain summary of the money terms. 2. Clauses to query before signing. 3. Deposit protection topics to confirm. 4. Questions for the landlord or agent. 5. Point me to GOV.UK and Citizens Advice housing pages; do not tell me the contract is fine. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. For GOV.UK and Citizens Advice guidance on tenancy agreements and deposits, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. rent, deposit, term, break clause, notice, bills, other: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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The prompt · Claude
Help me check a tenancy agreement before I sign. Sections I've copied: [rent, deposit, term, break clause, notice, bills, other] Rent and deposit amounts: [details] Who's on the tenancy: [names] What worries me: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A plain summary of the money terms. 2. Clauses to query before signing. 3. Deposit protection topics to confirm. 4. Questions for the landlord or agent. 5. Point me to GOV.UK and Citizens Advice housing pages; do not tell me the contract is fine. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. For GOV.UK and Citizens Advice guidance on tenancy agreements and deposits, use web search if you can and name the page. If you can't search, say what I should check myself. Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. rent, deposit, term, break clause, notice, bills, other: a short note you already have. details: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You paste the key sections or summarise them.
The assistant asks about deposit, rent and who lives there.
You get a plain summary of money terms and a question list.
What happens
Use Claude to check a tenancy agreement before you sign
The contract arrived as a long PDF. Get the money and notice clauses pulled out and questions to ask before signing.
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