Most internationals never find out they are overpaying. Here is the whole process, start to finish, so you know exactly what happens, what we do, and the one moment you ever pay us.
No legal background required. You bring the details of your home. We bring the Dutch tenancy law, the paperwork and the tribunal experience.
You answer a few simple questions about your home: type of contract, monthly rent, size, and a handful of features. Our tool runs them through the official rent points system (WWS) that the Dutch government uses to set a legal maximum rent. In about two minutes you see whether your rent looks too high and roughly by how much. No account, no payment, no Dutch needed.
If the check suggests you are overpaying, a specialist looks at the details properly. We tell you honestly whether you have a strong case, a borderline one, or none at all. We also flag any real deadline, because the right to challenge your starting rent only lasts six months from the day your tenancy began.
This is where most tenants get stuck, because the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) runs its procedure in Dutch. We prepare the assessment, complete the paperwork, pay the handling, and submit the case on your behalf. You stay informed in plain English the whole way through.
The Huurcommissie reviews the points and sets the legal rent. When your rent was above the maximum, it comes down, and you can often reclaim the amount you overpaid for the months before the ruling. We chase the outcome so you do not have to.
No cure, no pay. If your case does not lead to a result, you owe us nothing for the casework. If it does, our fee is a clear share of what you gain, agreed up front in writing before anything starts. No surprises on the bill.
If you can find your contract and your last rent payment, you have almost everything we need.
The Dutch, the points calculation, the tribunal, the follow up. That is our job, not yours.
You take no financial risk on the rent reduction casework. That is the whole point.
We are a tenancy legal service, not a traditional law office, which is exactly why we can work this way on rent reduction cases.
We would rather you understand the process than rush in. Here are the things tenants ask us most.
Talk to a specialist in English. No script, no pressure, just a straight answer about your rent.
Talk to usThe Huurcommissie is the official Dutch Rent Tribunal. It is an independent body that can rule on whether your rent, your rent increase or your service costs are legal, and it can order them to be corrected. The catch for internationals is that it works in Dutch, which is the exact barrier we remove for you.
It varies by case and by how busy the tribunal is, but a Huurcommissie decision commonly takes a few months from filing. We keep you updated at each stage so you are never left guessing, and we handle every Dutch language step in between.
Using your legal rights as a tenant is protected. A landlord cannot lawfully end your tenancy simply because you asked the Huurcommissie to check your rent. If anything feels like retaliation, tell us, because that is exactly the kind of situation we are here for.
For challenging your starting rent, yes. You generally have six months from the start of your tenancy to dispute the initial rent through the Huurcommissie. Other claims, like an unfair rent increase or overpaid service costs, have their own timing. Run the free check now so a real deadline does not quietly pass.
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Read moreIt is free, it takes two minutes, and it could be the difference of a few hundred euro every month. There is no reason not to check.
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