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Yes. If you send us a German rental lease and your payment at 9am on a working day, we will send you the summary by 3pm. That gives you time to read it, sign it and send it back before close of business. As long as the hours are working hours (e.g. 9am to 5pm, Mon-Fri) we’ll get it done. If you send us a contract and payment at midnight during the week, we’ll start at 9am on the next working day and have it done by 3pm. If you send us a contract at 4pm on a Friday, we’ll have it summarised by 2pm on Monday afternoon.
We understand that sometimes, rental agencies and landlords put pressure on tenants to sign the contract on the same day. If you need it within an hour, it probably won’t be possible, but if you need it within say, 3 hours, please call 0156 7890 9800 or send us a WhatsApp (text only) and ask us if it’s possible. You never know.
Yes. But please make sure your lease is scanned well so that there are no corners chopped off and we can zoom in to read handwritten entries or small print. If you have to squint to see information on the scan, we will probably need a better one.
You’re welcome to encrypt the lease and send us the password separately (e.g. by WhatsApp, email or telephone).
The fee is the same, 169 EUR including VAT, regardless of the length of your tenancy agreement.
However, we do offer lower prices on some of our services for students, ALGI and ALGII recipients, so if you are enrolled as a student in Germany or you receive unemployment benefits or welfare, send us your enrolment certificate or “Bewilligungsbescheid” and we will apply a 15% discount.
The fee is the same, 169 EUR including VAT, regardless of the length of your tenancy agreement.
No. Only a lawyer can make that assessment.
If a clause catches our attention because we haven’t come across anything like it before in our many years of translating German rental leases, we’d be happy to bring it to your attention. Same applies if we spot a typo or error. We’ll point it out!
Yes. We specialise in legal translation and have received further education on tenancy agreements. Our extensive experience allows us to work carefully and quickly.
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