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Your name, unit address, move-in date, landlord line if you have one, and the words “condition record dated [that date].” Table of contents. Same-day how-to.
Photograph the unit. Date the record. Email the landlord before anyone can rewrite day one. MoveInProof is a 3-page packet for the renter who just walked in — not a demand letter, not a law firm.
September 1 is peak US lease-start day. Landlords later claim pre-existing damage. You need a same-day dated room-by-room record and a short notice you can actually send — while the boxes are still in the hall.
Your name, unit address, move-in date, landlord line if you have one, and the words “condition record dated [that date].” Table of contents. Same-day how-to.
Kitchen, bath, living, beds, floors/walls, other. Photo boxes to tape prints. OK / Issue checkboxes. Signature lines for you and the agent.
You state you documented condition on move-in day, point at the photo boxes, and ask for an acknowledgment. Proof-of-send box for email or certified mail.
MoveInProof-sample.pdf is Avery Quinn at a Chicago walk-up on September 1, 2026. It is marked SAMPLE on the cover and in the footer. Names are fictional. Your paid packet is generated from your order JSON, carries your name and unit, and does not say SAMPLE.
You got keys today (or this week). You can see the cracked window, the stained carpet, the cabinet that will not close. You want that on paper, dated, in the landlord’s inbox before anyone “forgets.”
This is not a deposit demand letter and not a cleaning sprint. Those belong at the other end of a lease. MoveInProof starts the file so you are not arguing from memory a year from now.