How it works

Your rent arrangement, in six clear steps.

A future, optional arrangement for your own rent. This preview is for information and enquiries only; it does not take rent, process a service fee, verify identity or create an agreement.

FICTIONAL WALKTHROUGH

Six steps. Rent moves last.

A calm, local-only illustration of a proposed RentBuddy route. It is designed to explain sequence, not to start a service.

Until Step 06, rent stays in your own hands; Step 01 pays the service fee only and does not transfer rent.

  1. STEP 01

    Choose a plan & pay the service fee

    Compare the yearly service fee; rent remains with the tenant.

    DEMO ONLY

    Example service-fee status

    Selected example: Standard

    Stripe is named only for this fictional status. No charge occurs here, and the landlord does not take part in rent at this step.

    Demo status: not simulated

    Tenant

    01 Choose a plan and pay the service fee via Stripe.

    Landlord / agent

    01 No involvement and no landlord service fee.

    RentBuddy

    01 Record the selected plan and service-fee status separately from rent.

  2. STEP 02

    Invite your landlord or agent

    A landlord or agent supplies example tenancy and recipient details.

    DEMO ONLY

    Example landlord or agent invitation

    Contact
    Morgan Vale — letting agent
    Address
    28 Example Mews, London
    Tenancy term
    12 fictional months
    Monthly rent
    £1,500 example only
    Recipient account
    •••• •••• •••• 0824

    No invitation is sent. RentBuddy checks the recipient account before a release in the proposed route.

    Demo status: no example invitation marked

    Tenant

    02 Invite your landlord or agent; keep rent with you.

    Landlord / agent

    02 Supply the property, term, rent and recipient details.

    RentBuddy

    02 Check the recipient account before a rent release.

  3. STEP 03

    Review & sign

    Both sides see fictional agreement and authorisation records.

    DEMO ONLY

    Example agreement record

    Tenant record
    RentBuddy Escrow Service Agreement
    Tenant action
    Payment authorisation — example only
    Landlord record
    Payment Arrangement Confirmation
    Demo UTC
    2030-04-15T10:30:00Z

    The records are fictional. No agreement is signed and rent does not move at this step.

    Demo status: no example record marked

    Tenant

    03 Review the tenancy, agreement and payment authorisation.

    Landlord / agent

    03 Receive the Payment Arrangement Confirmation.

    RentBuddy

    03 Record agreement and authorisation timestamps.

  4. STEP 04

    Verify identity

    A third party is shown handling a non-live identity example.

    DEMO ONLY

    Example identity route

    Third party
    [KYC provider]
    Illustrated route
    ID and selfie review
    Illustrated duration
    About 5 minutes — a target, not a promise
    Premium
    Contributors are also checked

    No files are requested or collected here. This screen cannot perform a check.

    Demo status: check route not simulated

    Tenant

    04 Provide ID and a selfie; Premium contributors are checked too.

    Landlord / agent

    04 No tenant identity documents are shared with the landlord.

    RentBuddy

    04 Route checks to [KYC provider].

  5. STEP 05

    Applicant information & source of funds

    Applicant details and a funding-source explanation are illustrated.

    DEMO ONLY

    Example applicant statement

    Applicant
    A. Example — fictional
    Funding source
    Family support — explanation example
    Context
    Study move — example only
    Record
    No documents collected

    This is a display-only example of applicant information and a source-of-funds explanation.

    Demo status: statement not simulated

    Tenant

    05 Complete applicant details and explain the source of rent funds.

    Landlord / agent

    05 No action needed for applicant information.

    RentBuddy

    05 Review the applicant details and funds explanation.

  6. STEP 06

    Transfer rent — last

    Only at the end does the example show rent moving to the APA escrow account.

    DEMO ONLY

    Final example rent route

    Account type
    APA escrow account — example only
    Example rent
    £1500
    Recipient account
    •••• •••• •••• 4471
    Reference
    DEMO-RENT-001
    SWIFT/BIC
    [SWIFT/BIC]

    This demo cannot be used for a remittance. Premium family members may provide their local currency; the partner may convert it at a rate it has disclosed. After APA confirms receipt, rent is paid to the landlord on each monthly due date. No currency, charge, or arrival time is stated here.

    Demo status: final route not simulated

    Tenant

    06 Transfer rent using the verified partner instructions and Reference.

    Landlord / agent

    06 Receive no more than one month of rent on each due date.

    RentBuddy

    06 Record the APA receipt and monthly payment updates; never hold rent.

CLEAR ROLES

Responsibilities in this illustration

Clears local example statuses only.

The six-step journey shown above is the intended order. It is illustrative only; no step is live on this website.

  • 01 — Choose a package and view a demonstration-only Stripe service-fee step. Your rent does not move at this point.
  • 02 — Invite the landlord to provide the property, tenancy period, monthly rent and receiving account. RentBuddy would verify the details before any release.
  • 03 — Review the RentBuddy Escrow Service Agreement and payment authority. A landlord payment-arrangement confirmation letter and UTC signature timestamp are demonstration records only.
  • 04 — A third-party [KYC provider] would request an identity document and selfie. The target is about five minutes, not a guarantee; this also applies to a Premium funder.
  • 05 — The applicant would provide a source-of-funds explanation.
  • 06 — Only after future verification would the applicant send rent to the APA escrow account. Verified account details, amount, payment reference and SWIFT/BIC would be provided then.

Your rent remains with you until step 06, apart from any separate demonstration-only service-fee step in step 01. This site provides no receiving account, amount, reference, SWIFT/BIC, payment instruction or live confirmation.

  • Do not send rent, identity documents, account details, payment evidence or source-of-funds material through this website, its form or email.
  • The future sequence requires the confirmed payments partner, [KYC provider], operational checks and final terms.
  • All examples and records shown here are fictional.

Standard £299/year excl. VAT (£358.80 incl. VAT) · Premium £399/year excl. VAT (£478.80 incl. VAT). Both proposed packages cover the core monthly arrangement, funding options, reminders, payment records, bilingual support and the stated end-of-tenancy support. Premium adds family, reminder, record and support features, plus the conditional guarantor-route benefit.

  • The annual service fee is separate from rent. Package services remain proposed until the partner, operations and final terms are confirmed.
  • Premium family funding and transparent exchange-rate information would depend on a confirmed payments / FX partner, supported currencies and disclosed charges.
  • After 12 consecutive months of on-time rent, a Premium tenant may be considered for a faster guarantor review or a fee discount the following year, subject to conditions and separate terms; it is not automatic.

A return of remaining rent at the end of a tenancy is separate from a service-fee refund. Proposed refund rule, refund cost to be confirmed and subject to final-terms review: [A full refund is available before identity verification begins; once verification has begun, the verification cost of £__ is non-refundable.]

  • Remaining rent would be handled under the final terms and the confirmed partner process. A dispute or required check is not bypassed.
  • Premium proposes priority assistance with remaining rent; it does not promise a refund date or outcome.
  • The bracketed wording is a proposed rule, not an active refund policy.

The form is an enquiry, not a service application, payment, identity check or signature journey. It requests only name, email, role, optional organisation, optional message and contact consent.

  • Please use contact@rentbuddy.uk for general questions only.
  • Do not include financial, identity or supporting-document information in the form or email.
  • The service, [KYC provider] journey and any payment arrangement are not activated here.

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