By the time you sit across the landlord, there are no surprises.
Most Mumbai rentals fall apart at closing — because nobody aligned the terms upfront. Deposit creeps up. Society rules nobody mentioned. A lock-in that wasn't discussed. We do that work first, separately, with both sides — so the meeting is a yes-or-no about the home, not a renegotiation of the deal.
The system is wired to mislead you.
Three structural problems. Nobody in the market talks about all three.
Brokers earn a cut of rent.
If your broker takes 1 month's rent — or a percentage — every rupee of rent above your number puts more in their pocket. The math runs in one direction. The push you feel toward "just slightly higher" is built into the model.
Portals get paid for ad space.
The big rental portals charge landlords to list, then sell "leads" to brokers. Nobody on that chain is paid when you actually move in. They're paid for activity, not outcomes — which is why half the listings you've called are already rented or never existed.
Everyone smiles in the room.
Honest input only comes when the counterparty isn't there. Joint negotiations smooth over the things that quietly blow up two weeks later — at the registration office, after deposits have already moved.
Three rules. Operationally enforced.
Right match, not any match.
Front-loaded intake on both sides. Every requirement, every constraint, every must-have. By the time your shortlist arrives, every property on it has already cleared your real filters — not the ones a portal could guess.
No surprises at closing.
Deposit, lock-in, escalation, society rules, furnishing, parking, pets, vegetarian or marital constraints, NOC requirements — surfaced and aligned with both sides separately, weeks before any viewing. The meeting is a yes-or-no about the home. Not the deal.
One fee. Flat. Period.
₹1 lakh on a closed deal. Same number whether the rent is ₹2 lakh or ₹5 lakh. Same number whether the deal lands in 14 days or 60. We can afford to wait for the right deal — because rushing you doesn't pay us more.
Four steps. End-to-end.
Intake — both sides, separately
We sit with you, then with the landlord. Privately. Every term, every constraint, every quirk. We surface what would normally only come out at signing.
Pre-alignment
Deposit, lock-in, escalation, NOC, society rules — reconciled before any property shortlist is shared. If a deal is going to break, it breaks here. On paper. Cheaply.
The viewing
You see homes that have already passed your filters. The landlord is meeting a tenant who's already passed theirs. The conversation is about the home — not the contract.
End-to-end execution
Society NOC, police verification, Form A, lease drafting, stamp duty, biometrics, sub-registrar appointment, post-registration filing. Most brokers punt every one of these. We own them.
What you'd actually pay.
Most Mumbai brokers charge one month's rent. We charge ₹1 lakh. Move the slider.
Same fee at ₹2L or ₹5L rent
No incentive to push your rent up. We earn the same either way.
Same fee at 20 days or 60
No pressure to rush. We can afford to wait for the right home.
No side leans
The flat fee removes the temptation to favour landlord or tenant.
Compare for yourself.
Slide to your monthly rent. The savings stack as rent climbs.
Two operators. Decades in Mumbai real estate.
Rahul Tuljapurkar
Two decades structuring Mumbai real estate — landlord equity deals, redevelopment, capital stack design, lease negotiation. Has sat on every side of a rental conversation in this city.
Deepak Tolani
Long-standing Mumbai real estate operator. Builds the operational backbone — intake discipline, society liaison, deal-flow execution. The reason a Leese deal closes the way it does.
The tenant-specific questions.
For pricing, scope, where we operate and other universal questions — see the full FAQ →
What does the tenant intake involve?
About 30 minutes, on a call or chat. We capture every term that typically blows up Mumbai rentals at the closing stage — your real budget (not just the comfortable number), area preferences, deposit capacity, lock-in willingness, family composition, employer letter availability, marital and dietary requirements relevant to society approval, pets, parking needs, KYC, current lease end, move-in flexibility, dream buildings if you have them.
By the end of the intake, we know what you'd actually accept on signing — not the romanticised version. That's why the shortlist you see is short.
How does Leese match me with properties?
Your intake gets matched against our active inventory and our pipeline of broker-pitched properties. We surface only the ones that pass your real filters — including the constraints you flagged that won't be on a portal listing (pet policy, vegetarian-only societies, society NOC requirements that exclude bachelors, etc.). Wrong-fit properties don't reach you.
Can I see videos of homes before visiting?
Yes. For most properties on our roster we have walk-through videos. We share the video first; if you're interested, we set up the live visit. The intent is to save your Saturdays — not to gate the actual home behind a video paywall.
What if I have a specific building I want to rent in?
Tell us at intake. We capture "dream buildings" as part of your tenant profile, and matches from those buildings are surfaced first regardless of budget. If we don't have anything available there now, we'll keep checking and ping you when something comes up.
What documents do I need as a tenant?
For most premium Mumbai societies: KYC (Aadhaar, PAN), employer letter or income proof, recent address proof, photos for police verification (Form A), and biometrics at the sub-registrar at signing. For NRI tenants: passport copy, OCI/visa documentation, equivalent address proof from your country of residence.
We give you a checklist tailored to the specific property's society at the right step of the process — not a generic list at intake.
How do I start?
Easiest: start a chat. Ten minutes of intake usually tells us whether we're a fit. If we are, an advisor takes it from there. If we're not, we'll say so directly.
Find a home without the closing-day surprises.
Start with a chat. Ten minutes is usually enough for us to know if we're a fit — and tell you honestly if we're not.