Reviewing your contract
Check the details and confirm them before anything is signed.
Before a contract is issued you are asked to check what it will say: who is living there, the dates, and the monthly cost.
This is the cheap moment to fix a mistake. Once a contract has been signed, changing a date means an amendment and, depending on what changed, money.
Confirming here includes acknowledging the notice period you will have to give to leave. Read that part rather than clicking past it — it is the term residents most often discover too late.
What to check, in order
- Names. Everyone who will live there should be listed. Adding someone later is an amendment, not an edit.
- Dates. Your move-in date and contract end date drive the rent. A date that is wrong here is money that is wrong later.
- The monthly cost, line by line — see Understanding your bill.
- The room. Building and unit, not just the building.
- The notice period, below.
The notice period
Confirming here includes acknowledging the notice you must give to leave. Read it rather than clicking past it — it is the term residents most often discover too late, usually when they have already committed to a moving date.
Leaving with less notice than agreed, or before your contract ends, can attract a charge. See Move-out penalties.
Why this moment matters
This is the cheap point to fix a mistake. Once a contract is signed, changing a date means an amendment, and depending on what changed, money.
Nothing here is a commitment to sign — you are confirming that what the contract will say matches what you agreed.
If something is wrong
Say so here rather than signing and sorting it out afterwards. Raising it now costs a message; raising it after signature costs an amendment.