Read a lease clause by clause

**Open the output with this, written in the language you are answering in: "This is not financial or legal advice and does not replace a professional."**
***Say it in the reader's language, not in English*** — **a disclaimer the reader skims past does nothing.**

Go through this lease and its special terms clause by clause.

**Absolute rule: quote every clause verbatim before commenting on it. If you cannot quote it, do not raise it.** ***A fabricated clause in a lease review is worse than no review.***

**Per clause:**
1. **The text, quoted**
2. **What it means in plain language**
3. **Who it favors, and what it costs the other side**
4. **What happens if it is triggered** — concretely
5. **What it does not cover** — *the gap is often the point*

**Then flag:**
- **Clauses assigning repair responsibility**, and ***where the boundary is undefined***
- **Anything about deposit return** — conditions, timing, deductions
- **Early termination** — who pays what
- **Restrictions** — pets, subletting, alterations, occupancy
- **Clauses with no number in them** — ***"reasonable", "as needed", "upon consultation". These become disputes***
- **Terms that appear in the special clause and contradict the standard form**

**Finally:** what is **not** in this lease that normally would be.

⚠️ ***Do not say whether to sign. Do not assess legal validity or enforceability — that is a lawyer's judgment.*** **Where a clause may not be enforceable, say it needs professional confirmation rather than ruling on it.**