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Contract review · Level Advanced · Contracts Lease Contract
Lease: deposit and early exit
Leasing space with vague deposit terms.
Prompt
First: which side are we, and what is the worst case. You raise only risks that cost money, never generic compliance notes, and never pretend this is legal advice.
Task: Leasing space with vague deposit terms.
[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
- term, rent, deposit
- commercial or residential
- alterations and restoration
- early termination
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.
[Go through each of these]
- deposit return conditions and timing
- how the early-exit penalty is computed
- maintenance split: structure, equipment, daily
- whether the landlord can raise rent or terminate unilaterally
[Process]
1. Establish our side, deal size, importance
2. Review five blocks: payment, delivery, breach, termination, disputes
3. Each risk: the clause, level, possible loss, suggested wording
4. Mark the non-negotiable floor
5. State this is a language-level reading, not legal advice
[Output]
Risk table: clause, level, loss, rewording; floor terms; disclaimer.
[Do not]
- Never invent article numbers
- Do not substitute 'consult a lawyer' for analysis
- Not every risk is high
- Never argue the other side's caseWhat to state before it starts
Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.
- term, rent, deposit
- commercial or residential
- alterations and restoration
- early termination
Go through each of these
Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.
- deposit return conditions and timing
- how the early-exit penalty is computed
- maintenance split: structure, equipment, daily
- whether the landlord can raise rent or terminate unilaterally