diff --git a/src/app/core/parse.ts b/src/app/core/parse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179d298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/parse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Brand, Result, ok, err } from './fp';
+
+/**
+ * "Parse, don't validate." A validated value gets its own branded type, and the
+ * smart constructor is the ONLY way to mint one. So once you hold a Postcode you
+ * know it's well-formed — validity is carried in the type, not re-checked
+ * everywhere or tracked in a parallel error flag.
+ */
+export type Postcode = Brand<string, 'Postcode'>;
+export type Uren = Brand<number, 'Uren'>;
+
+export function parsePostcode(raw: string): Result<string, Postcode> {
+  const t = raw.trim().toUpperCase();
+  if (!/^[1-9]\d{3}\s?[A-Z]{2}$/.test(t)) {
+    return err('Voer een geldige postcode in, bijv. 1234 AB.');
+  }
+  // Normalise to "1234 AB" — the parser also cleans up.
+  return ok(t.replace(/^(\d{4})\s?([A-Z]{2})$/, '$1 $2') as Postcode);
+}
+
+export function parseUren(raw: string): Result<string, Uren> {
+  const t = raw.trim();
+  const n = Number(t);
+  // Number('') is 0 — guard the empty string explicitly.
+  if (t === '' || !Number.isInteger(n) || n < 0) {
+    return err('Vul een geheel aantal in (0 of meer).');
+  }
+  return ok(n as Uren);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/organisms/change-request-form/change-request-form.component.ts b/src/app/organisms/change-request-form/change-request-form.component.ts
index 47aa799..fb923de 100644
--- a/src/app/organisms/change-request-form/change-request-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/organisms/change-request-form/change-request-form.component.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ import { FormFieldComponent } from '../../molecules/form-field/form-field.compon
 import { TextInputComponent } from '../../atoms/text-input/text-input.component';
 import { ButtonComponent } from '../../atoms/button/button.component';
 import { HeadingComponent } from '../../atoms/heading/heading.component';
+import { Postcode, parsePostcode } from '../../core/parse';
+
+/** A submitted change request carries a *parsed* postcode (branded Postcode),
+    not a raw string — downstream code can't receive an unvalidated one. */
+export interface ChangeRequest {
+  street: string;
+  zip: Postcode;
+  city: string;
+}
 
 /** Organism: change-request (adreswijziging) form. Reuses the same form-field
-    molecule + text-input/button atoms as the login form. */
+    molecule + text-input/button atoms as the login form. Field errors come
+    straight from the parser's Result — no parallel "is it valid" flag to drift. */
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-change-request-form',
   imports: [FormsModule, FormFieldComponent, TextInputComponent, ButtonComponent, HeadingComponent],
@@ -16,8 +26,8 @@ import { HeadingComponent } from '../../atoms/heading/heading.component';
       <app-form-field label="Straat en huisnummer" fieldId="street" [error]="streetError()">
         <app-text-input inputId="street" [(ngModel)]="street" name="street" [invalid]="!!streetError()" />
       </app-form-field>
-      <app-form-field label="Postcode" fieldId="zip">
-        <app-text-input inputId="zip" [(ngModel)]="zip" name="zip" placeholder="1234 AB" />
+      <app-form-field label="Postcode" fieldId="zip" [error]="zipError()">
+        <app-text-input inputId="zip" [(ngModel)]="zip" name="zip" placeholder="1234 AB" [invalid]="!!zipError()" />
       </app-form-field>
       <app-form-field label="Woonplaats" fieldId="city">
         <app-text-input inputId="city" [(ngModel)]="city" name="city" />
@@ -33,11 +43,17 @@ export class ChangeRequestFormComponent {
   zip = '';
   city = '';
   streetError = signal('');
-  submitted = output<void>();
+  zipError = signal('');
+  submitted = output<ChangeRequest>();
 
   onSubmit() {
-    if (!this.street.trim()) { this.streetError.set('Vul straat en huisnummer in.'); return; }
-    this.streetError.set('');
-    this.submitted.emit();
+    const street = this.street.trim();
+    this.streetError.set(street ? '' : 'Vul straat en huisnummer in.');
+
+    const postcode = parsePostcode(this.zip);
+    this.zipError.set(postcode.ok ? '' : postcode.error);
+
+    if (!street || !postcode.ok) return;
+    this.submitted.emit({ street, zip: postcode.value, city: this.city.trim() });
   }
 }