List every cost in a move without totalling it
Leaves unknown amounts blank on purpose and says where to find each one.
| Category | Money › Property |
|---|---|
| Tags | ChecklistAnalyzingTable |
**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.** List every cost involved in this move. ***Do not calculate a total.*** **Premise: the cost people miss is never the headline price. It is the six smaller ones.** **Go through:** 1. **At signing** — deposit, down payment, agent fee, tax and duty 2. **At move-in** — moving, cleaning, key money, installation, initial maintenance, utility transfers, connection charges 3. **Recurring** — rent, maintenance fee **and what it includes and excludes**, utilities, insurance, parking 4. **Things you buy because of this place** — curtains, appliances that do not fit, storage 5. **At exit** — restoration, cleaning, agent fee again, moving again 6. **If it goes wrong** — early termination, deposit withheld, overlap between two places **Per item:** what determines the amount / **when it is paid** / whether it is negotiable / ***whether I gave you a figure or it needs looking up***. ⚠️ ***Do not calculate, estimate, or total anything. Do not fill in a typical amount.*** **Where I did not give a figure, write `[needs confirmation]`** and say where to get it. **A wrong number in a moving budget is worse than a blank one** — the blank gets checked and the number does not.
After pasting, fill in the fields at the bottom (My situation · Figures I have)
What this prompt does
Moving budgets break on the six small items, not the headline price. This lists costs by stage, refuses to total or estimate, and leaves blanks — a blank gets checked, a plausible number does not.
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