Flatwise for tenancy advisers

For students’ associations, community law centres, tenant groups, and anyone who helps people rent in New Zealand.

You already help people check tenancy agreements. Flatwise does a quick first read and picks out the clauses worth talking about, so your time with a client goes on what matters.

What it does

Paste an agreement, upload a PDF or Word file, or photograph the pages. In about a minute, Flatwise lists the clauses that are unusual, one-sided or worth a question. For each one it gives:

• the exact wording from the agreement;
• what it means, in plain English;
• why it’s worth asking about;
• a question to put to the landlord or property manager.

See an example review

What it doesn’t do

Flatwise isn’t legal advice, and it doesn’t pretend to be. It never says a clause is illegal or unenforceable. It says “unusual” or “worth asking about”. Every review points people to Tenancy Services and to people like you. It’s a first read, not a replacement for you.

Why you can trust what it shows

• Quotes are checked. Every quoted clause is matched against the agreement itself. If the wording can’t be found, the quote isn’t shown, and the reader is told to check the clause directly.
• “Nothing stood out” gets a second look. If a tenancy agreement comes back with nothing flagged, Flatwise reviews it again before answering.
• It won’t review half a document. An agreement that’s too long is turned away with a message. Flatwise doesn’t quietly review part of it.
• Law is cited with care. Flatwise is told to name a section of the Residential Tenancies Act only when sure, and every citation says to check the current wording on tenancy.govt.nz.

Privacy

Your clients’ agreements are confidential, and Flatwise treats them that way.

• The agreement is sent securely to our AI provider, Anthropic, to produce the review, and that’s all it’s used for. Anthropic doesn’t train its AI models on it, and keeps it only for a limited time under its own terms.
• Flatwise doesn’t store the agreement or the review. Both are discarded once the review is shown, and nothing from the document is logged.
• We keep only what’s needed to run an account: an email address, how many reviews are left, and whether there’s a subscription.
• Agreements usually include the landlord’s details. The review doesn’t need them, so you’re welcome to remove them first.

The full privacy statement sits on the review page, directly above the button, and has to be read and ticked before anything is sent.

Try it on real agreements, free

We’ll give your team 10 reviews. There’s no card to enter and nothing to cancel. Email support@flatwise.co.nz with your name and organisation.

Or book 15 minutes with us. Pick an agreement you’ve already advised on, run it through Flatwise on the call, and see whether it finds what you found.

Pricing

One account can be shared by your team: sign up with a shared email address, and each person signs in with their own emailed link. If your team needs more than 25 a month, tell us. If a discount code for your students or clients would help, ask.

Pointing people to Flatwise

Link to flatwise.co.nz from your flatting guide or “before you sign” checklist.