100% legal · English · France

They thought you'd just leave. Cute.

French landlords love to ghost international students when it's time to return the deposit. Let's introduce them to French tenancy law.

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MISE ENDEMEURERECLAIMR · RECEIPTN° 0451-FRDeposit held€1000Late penalty+€200LANDLORD OWES YOU€1200✱ 100% LEGAL ✱
€400–1200RECOVERED
100% LEGAL ✱ REAL RECORDED LETTER (LRAR) ✱ ENGLISH ✱ NO LAW DEGREE NEEDED ✱ €400–€1200 RECOVERED ✱ 100% LEGAL ✱ REAL RECORDED LETTER (LRAR) ✱ ENGLISH ✱ NO LAW DEGREE NEEDED ✱ €400–€1200 RECOVERED ✱
The ghosting

Move-out day was a month ago. Your money? Gone with the mistral.

From: your landlord

“Je vais m'en occuper.”

— 6 weeks ago. Nothing since.

Good news: French law is on your side. Past the deadline they owe you the deposit plus 10% of your monthly rent for every month late. Let's put that in writing.

How it works

Three steps. No French required.

1

Tell us what happened

Deposit, rent, move-out date. 60 seconds, in English.

2

We do the French part

We draft a formal mise en demeure citing the exact law.

3

They pay up

Send the recorded letter. Suddenly he remembers your name.

Free · 60 seconds

Find out what they owe you.

🔒 We only use this to draft your letter. Nothing is sent yet.

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DIY Legal Toolkit

Free

The letter + a step-by-step guide to send it yourself.

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Ghostwriter & Sender

€25

We write it and post the real recorded letter (LRAR) for you.

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CDC Preparedness Pack

€70

Still ignored after 30 days? Full dossier + a bilingual hearing script.

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The reassuring part

We're not a law firm.

We're the automation that sends a real legal letter in your name — you always stay the legal sender. The letter itself is sober, formal French. That's the whole point.

Madame, Monsieur,

Locataire du logement sis [adresse], je constate qu'à ce jour le dépôt de garantie d'un montant de [montant] € ne m'a pas été restitué dans le délai légal.

Conformément à l'article 22 de la loi n°89-462 du 6 juillet 1989, je vous mets en demeure de me restituer cette somme, majorée de la pénalité de 10 % du loyer mensuel par mois de retard commencé, sous huitaine.

Veuillez agréer, Madame, Monsieur…

Receipts

They ghosted. Then they paid.

They ghosted for two months. One letter later, the full deposit was back in my account.

AAisha K.+€1,050 recovered

I don't speak French. Didn't need to. Suddenly he remembered my name.

MMarco V.+€780 recovered
Questions

No catch. Really.

Is this actually legal?+

Yes. We generate a formal mise en demeure based on French tenancy law (loi n°89-462). You send it in your own name — you're always the legal sender.

Do I need to speak French?+

No. The whole app is in English. Only the letter to your landlord is in formal French — which is exactly what makes it work.

What if they still ignore me?+

After the recorded letter you can escalate to the Commission de Conciliation — for free. Our CDC pack preps your full dossier and a bilingual script.

Is my data safe?+

We only use your details to draft your letter. Data is stored in the EU, and nothing is sent to your landlord until you say so.

Your money is right there.

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