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You're about to sign something you haven't finished reading. The clause that matters most is usually near the end.
A lawyer reads it — lease or sale agreement — before you sign.
4
clauses that matter more after you sign than before
What a lease — or a sale agreement — actually decides
Four clauses, and only four
RENEWAL
Renewal
Whether it continues automatically, needs a fresh negotiation, or just ends — decided now, used later.
RENT REVIEW
Rent review
How much it can go up, and how often — or whether that's left open for the other side to set.
REPAIRS
Repairs
Who fixes what. A leaking roof is either the landlord's problem or yours, and the clause already decided which.
EARLY EXIT
Leaving early
What you owe if the business needs out before the term is up — the clause almost nobody reads until they need it.
+ none of this is the rent figure or the purchase price — those are the numbers everyone already checks
+ a sale and purchase agreement has its own version of the same problem: conditions, timelines, and what happens on default
What the clause you didn't read actually decides
Say a lease runs 36 months, and at month 14 something changes — a bigger space is needed, a move, the business closing. What happens next depends entirely on one clause:
The rent line is the part everyone reads. The exit clause is the part that decides what month 14 actually costs — and by month 14, it's too late to add one.
Review lowers the risk. It doesn't sign it for you.
A lawyer can flag a clause and suggest a fix. Accepting it, pushing back, or walking away is still your call — and once it's signed, that's the choice that binds.
Malaysian contract law — once a tenancy agreement or a sale and purchase agreement is signed, its terms bind the parties who signed it, whether or not every clause was read first. True regardless of who drafted it, and regardless of who reviewed it.
The one question that decides this
Anyone can review the clause. Almost nobody keeps the date it matters on somewhere you'll actually see it.
What happens to the date after signing
This month, a property lawyer and OCTIS review the same lease or agreement the same way. The difference shows up on the renewal date, or the day something needs fixing:
What happens to the date after you sign
A lease or sale agreement isn't reviewed once and forgotten — the dates inside it keep mattering long after signing, and this is how that gets tracked instead of rediscovered:
At signing
the agreement is read for the dates that matter — renewal, rent review, expiry
Logged
into the same account already tracking your other compliance deadlines
Before the date arrives
you're notified ahead of it — not told by a landlord's letter, or by finding it while packing
The one moment you can still change it
Before signing, a one-sided clause can be struck out or renegotiated. After, it's the term both sides agreed to — changing it means going back to the other party, who has no obligation to agree.
What a downloaded template can't do
What they do well
A free tenancy or sale template is real, and it gets something signed today — most of what's in it is perfectly standard.
What their shape can't reach
It was finished before it ever met your deal. It has no way of knowing your actual rent-review formula, your repair split, or the exit you specifically need, because it was written for a landlord and a tenant who don't exist.
The starting clauses are often the same. What changes is which ones get rewritten for your actual deal, instead of left on the template's default.
The clauses nobody reads until they want out
These are the four clauses that decide what a lease actually costs you, and none of them matters on the day you sign:
Every one of them is negotiable before signature and none of them is afterwards. That asymmetry is the whole reason to have someone read it first.
Which one you're here for
Two different jobs, priced the same honest way — scoped after we've actually seen the document, agreed before either one starts:
Commercial Lease
Fixed feequoted after we see it
- New lease, renewal, or a term you want to push back on
- Renewal, rent-review and repair clauses checked before you sign
- Key dates logged so a renewal isn't a surprise
Property Purchase or Sale
Fixed feescoped to the agreement
- Sale and purchase agreement reviewed before you commit
- Conditions, timelines and default clauses checked line by line
- Flags raised early enough to still be negotiated
Most people on this page are here for a lease — a new one, a renewal, or terms they want to push back on before signing. Buying or selling works the same way; it's a sale and purchase agreement instead of a tenancy.
Who does the work
Licensed lawyers on our panel
The legal work is undertaken by licensed practitioners we work with. OCTIS runs the intake, the records and the process around it — so nothing has to be assembled and re-explained first.
Pricing
Set after we read the document, not from a rate card
A one-page renewal and a forty-page sale agreement aren't the same job, and the fee follows the document, not a flat rate.
Not included
Stamp duty, disbursements and other transaction costs
Those are set by the relevant authority or your financing, not by us.
One-off
A single engagement, not a subscription
You're quoted once, for the document in front of you — nothing recurring to cancel.
Not covered
- Stamp duty, disbursements and other transaction costs are set by the relevant authority or your financing arrangement — the fee scale for conveyancing work is confirmed at quote, not published here.
- This isn't one of the two services covered by the published 30-day money-back guarantee — New Company Incorporation and Transfer of Company Secretary are the only two. What's true here instead: the fee is fixed and agreed before we start, not billed by the hour once we're in.
- The price isn't instant — it's set after we've actually read the document, not from a rate card, so there's a short wait between sending it and getting the fee.
- If a lawyer is already reviewing this deal on your side, you don't need a second one — this service is for whoever doesn't have someone checking the document yet, not a duplicate opinion stacked on an existing one.
What is OCTIS?
does your accounting and bookkeeping, audit and tax. Licensed accountants check the work, and company secretary services are available on the same account.
Is the lowest price guarantee real? How does it work?
Yes. Send us your current bill. We price based on it — 10–30% off, until 31 Dec 2026.
Is the money-back guarantee real? How does it work?
Yes, on every service. Ask in writing within 30 days of paying. Read the Money-Back Guarantee terms
How does OCTIS help me get more done?
One app and one chat instead of a firm for each service. You upload a document once, and you see where every order stands without asking.
How does OCTIS help me cut extra costs?
We automate the whole process, so your company's compliance and the back-and-forth cost less to run. That is why we can charge less and deliver faster. A live company health check in the app also shows where you are spending more than you should, alerts you, and suggests a better option that costs less.
How does OCTIS help me keep risk under control?
Reminders for your company's deadlines, so nothing is missed, and a professional legal team when you need one.
Is everything in OCTIS done by AI?
No. Licensed professionals do the work. AI helps them work faster, and helps you understand and analyse your own company quickly.
The clause you skip doesn't disappear. It just waits for the day you need it.
Send the lease or the sale agreement before you sign it — not after.