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Renting a flat

The figures on the viewing are not the figures in the listing.

You have ten minutes in the flat and a number you were told last week.

The situation

The agent names the base rent, the service charge and the deposit, one after another, in a language you half-follow. The listing you saved said something else — and you will only compare them in the evening, at home, too late to ask.

How the session is set up

The listing and the offer you were sent, attached to the session.

The New session dialog: German in, English out, the listing attached, and an instruction to compare every figure with it.The New session dialog: German in, English out, the listing attached, and an instruction to compare every figure with it.

Session instruction

Translate what the agent says, then compare every figure with the attached listing. Say plainly which numbers differ and by how much.

During the call

The jhint window during a viewing: the agent's German sentence about rent and service charges, translated, with the totals compared against the listing that was attached.The jhint window during a viewing: the agent's German sentence about rent and service charges, translated, with the totals compared against the listing that was attached.

The mismatch, while you are still standing in the flat and can ask about it.


Every part of this is described in Start a session and The conversation window.