Questions & answers

Everything people ask us, answered properly.

All 66 of them, grouped so you can skip to yours. Not here? Write to us — a person reads it.

Getting matched

How you and an Insider find each other, and what happens first.

How long does it take to get matched?

We introduce you to your Insider within 48 hours of your request. Tell us the city, your budget, your languages and who is coming with you, and we pair you with someone whose experience fits.

What if I don't get on with my Insider?

Tell us and we rematch you. Ratings run both ways on Insidoor, and an Insider who is not delivering does not keep working with us. And the second half of the fee is only due once the job is delivered.

How far ahead of my move should I start?

Four to six weeks before you arrive is comfortable for a full search. A Visit works at any notice — if you have found a place and need eyes on it this week, that is exactly what it is for.

What's included

What an Insider actually does — and the things we deliberately do not.

What's the difference between Visit, Starter and Premium?

Visit is a single in-person call at a place you found yourself, with a video walkthrough, a neighbourhood report and a scam check, with a cheaper pack of three. Starter is a full home search: shortlist, viewings, negotiation, lease review, handover and keys. Premium is Starter plus the administrative setup that follows a move — bank, SIM, registration, utilities, healthcare and schools.

Does my Insider actually go to the property?

Yes — in person, every time. That is the whole point. You get a video walkthrough taken on the day, photographs of the things listings leave out, and an honest read on the street, the noise and the neighbours.

Are you an estate agent?

No. We hold no property inventory and we let nothing. Any lease is between you and the landlord or their agent, and your Insider is paid by you, through us — never by a landlord or letting agency for your booking. That is what keeps their advice worth having.

Pricing & payment

What it costs, and why.

Why does the price depend on the city?

Because rents and the effort behind a search do. A fee that is fair in Prague is not fair in London. Every city carries its own published fee — pick your city on the pricing page and you see the number you would pay, before you start. See the fee for your city →

Do you take a commission on my rent?

No. No commission, no percentage of the lease value, no success fee. The fee is fixed and published before you book, and it is the only thing we charge you.

Is the fee per person or per move?

Per move. A couple or a family relocating together is one relocation and one fee — the search is the same search whether one person or four are moving into the flat.

The two payments

When each half is due, what counts as delivery, and who gets paid when.

How is the fee split?

A Visit is paid in full when you book it. Starter and Premium are paid in two equal halves: 50% when you book, once you have met your Insider and agreed the brief, and 50% on delivery.

What counts as delivery?

On Starter, the signed lease and the keys in your hand. On Premium, the full setup finished: bank, SIM, registration, utilities, the healthcare and school search, and your first-week orientation. The second half is due then, and nothing more after it.

Does my Insider get paid before the job is done?

Half of their share, when you book. The rest only when the job is delivered — so what they are paid always lines up with the work done.

Your Insider

Who they are, how they work, and what they are not.

Who are Insiders?

People who actually live in the city and know it the way a neighbour does. They are independent contractors, not our employees, and not agents for any landlord — they are paid by you, through us.

How are Insiders vetted?

A verified identity, evidence of their years in the city, and a call before they take any work. New Insiders start on visits and viewings, and only take full relocations once they have a record behind them.

How quickly will my Insider reply?

You agree how you will keep in touch when you first talk — most people use WhatsApp — and your Insider works in their own timezone. If someone goes quiet on you, tell us and we step in.

Safety, trust & disputes

What protects you when something goes wrong.

How do I know a listing isn't a scam?

Because someone stands in it. The single most common rental scam is a property that does not exist, is not available, or is not the lister's to let — and all three fall apart the moment a real person turns up at the address. That check is what a Visit is.

What if the flat isn't what the walkthrough showed?

Tell us, with the walkthrough as your evidence — that is part of why it exists. Where an Insider misrepresented what they saw, that is on us and we will deal with it. Where a landlord changed something after the visit, we will help you take it up with them.

Are reviews real?

Ratings come only from completed jobs, they run in both directions, and we do not delete a bad one because someone asked.

Paperwork & settling in

The part after the keys, which is usually the part people underestimate.

What does the Premium setup actually cover?

Opening a bank account, a local SIM, residence registration, utilities and internet, and a healthcare and school search — plus a first-week orientation in the city. It is the list of things that each take an afternoon and a language you do not speak.

Do you help with visas?

No. Immigration is a regulated business in most of our cities and it is not ours — we will not put your status in the hands of someone unqualified. Your Insider can tell you which documents a landlord or registration office will ask to see, which is a different thing.

I can't open a bank account without an address, and I can't rent without a bank account.

This is the single most common deadlock in a move, and it has a local answer in every city — a particular bank, a particular order, a particular document. Knowing that answer is roughly what an Insider is for.

Cities & coverage

Where we are, and what happens when we are not there yet.

What if my city isn't listed?

Tell us where you are going on the Request a city page. We open cities where there is demand and someone good on the ground, and a request is the strongest signal we get for both. Request a city →

How do you choose new cities?

Demand first, then whether we can find an Insider there we would trust with your move. The second is the harder half, and it is why we would rather cover the cities we do properly than a hundred badly.

Is there more than one Insider per city?

In our larger cities, yes — and it is what lets us match you on language and on who is coming with you rather than simply on the map.

Do you cover the suburbs, or just the city?

The metropolitan area, not the postcode. If people commonly commute into the city from a town, that town is in scope — and in several of our cities it is where the sensible family housing is.

Account, privacy & data

What we hold about you, and who sees it.

What does my Insider see about me?

Your name, your brief — city, budget, dates, family situation, languages — and your messages. Not your payment details. They are contractually required to use it only for your relocation and to delete it when the job is done.

Who runs Insidoor?

Insidoor is operated by ANJMEN Limited, registered in Hong Kong. Our terms are governed by Hong Kong law.

Do you sell my data?

No. We share it with the processors that make the service work — payment and hosting — and with authorities where we are legally required to, and no further.

For Insiders

If you are the one who already lives there.

How much can I earn?

Half of every fee is yours, paid half when the client books and half on delivery (a Visit in one go). What that comes to depends on your city and whether the client booked a Visit, Starter or Premium. Pick your city on the Become an Insider page to see your half. See what you would earn →

Do I need to do this full time?

No, and most do not. A Visit job or a viewing is an afternoon each, which is why new Insiders start there. You pick which briefs you take.

What do I need to apply?

That you have lived in the city for at least three years, that you hold an ID we can verify, and the languages you actually speak. No CV and no form: message Eva on WhatsApp from the Become an Insider page and she takes it from there.