The commonest misreading of a deposit is that it completes something. It does not. This is what the deposit does, and what it leaves for later, in the order a reserver meets them.
It holds a slot
When you reserve, you choose how many units you intend to take and pay one holding deposit. It is the same at every estate, whatever the number of units. From that moment the units you chose are held: the next person to open the reserve page is not offered them.
It is paid to the estate, not to us
The deposit is paid to the estate's own LLP, the partnership that holds the property, and never to Getaway Collective. Your receipt names the payee, so you can see where the money went.
A deposit is not a position.
It buys nothing on its own
A deposit is not a position. You are not a partner, and you hold no share of the estate, until the balance is settled with the Vehicle Agreement and your position is entered on the register. Settlement, not the deposit, is what makes a partner.
One payment that holds a slot
Units entered on the register
The estate's LLP
The estate's LLP
No
Yes, on settlement
In full, until you sign
No; it can be sold after the lock-in
Both were considered. The partnership was chosen for what happens when things go wrong.
It can come back
Refundable in full until the Vehicle Agreement is signed. If it is refunded, the hold ends: the units are offered again, the reserve page says the deposit was refunded, and you receive a receipt for that as well.
What it leaves for later
The balance, at the estate's published unit price, and the Vehicle Agreement are completed with Investor Relations. Identity checks run alongside, at your own pace; they need to be complete only before units are allotted to you.
Capital is at risk. A deposit removes none of that risk. It holds your place while you read, ask and decide.
Measure twice, cut once.