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Before finalizing, you ought to send your contract to the Rental Team South Limburg, who will look for complimentary to make certain whatever is reasonable and legal. You may have to wait approximately one working week to hear back from them. We comprehend that the entire rental process is hectic which there may not suffice time for contract checks, so if this is not possible, then you need to read through your agreement yourself. The document will likely remain in Dutch, so non-Dutch speakers will want to get it equated.

When examining your agreement, you need to take note of:

1. repaired or indefinite agreement

An agreement for a set duration consists of a final date. This indicates that the agreement ends instantly after the predetermined duration, supplied that the property owner informs the occupant in blogging about the end of the lease in good time (between one and three months before the agreed end-date). Indefinite occupancy agreements continue as long as the tenant keeps paying lease and the property manager does not end the contract. These contracts generally come with a minimum term, before which the occupant might not terminate the lease.

2. Basic lease and added fees

The fundamental lease is expected to show the quality and area of the residential or commercial property. This rental price only consists of the actual lease. Surcharges may be gas, water and electrical power, service costs, internet and home insurance coverage. When it comes to lease, it is essential to comprehend the distinction between fundamental lease and extra charges. Check our section on rental prices to learn how the system works.

3. Rent increase

Rent increases are managed by law, and depend upon whether your accommodation falls under the social or private housing sector. For social sector lodging, lease boosts might be described in your rental agreement, or can even be proposed by your property owner a minimum of 2 months before the lease increase would work. You as a tenant can decline the proposition, and your case may end up before the Rent Tribunal. As a general guideline, lease increases can occur once every 12 months, and typically take location on July 1st. The maximum annual rent increase percentage for the social sector is identified by the federal government.

There are less guidelines using to economic sector accommodation, which means that as a tenant you have less defense. Rent can increase every 12 months, however, increases in between these 12 months are also possible if enhancements have been made to the lodging. The property owner is not obliged to inform you of any lease increases within a set amount of time. If the tenant does not desire to pay higher lease, the proprietor might terminate the contract. Keep an eye out for provisions in your agreement suggesting a set annual rent boost (so-called indexation provisions). If no indexation clause is included in the agreement, the property manager can just increase the rent by using the occupant a brand-new contract stipulating the higher rent (among other things). If the occupant does not concur to the new agreement for the same residential or commercial property, the proprietor may then terminate the agreement.

4. Deposit quantity and return

A deposit is normally needed, however any quantity worth more than two months of lease is generally thought about unreasonable. The contract must plainly define how and when your deposit will be transferred back to you.

Should you sign even if the contract is not perfect?

If a contract seems extremely difficult on you as an occupant, or looks questionable, it may be a great concept to let it go. Even if you're lacking time to discover a location, it might trigger you more trouble in the long-lasting to sign a bad agreement than to look for short-lived accommodation while you take the time to find something that's truly worth it.

If you discover a location that you truly like, the contract is satisfying, and the only concern is that the rent is a little steep (EUR750+), it can often be a great concept to sign, as there is an opportunity you might get some money back by using to the Huurteam Zuid-Limburg. You need to tread extremely carefully here, as there is a caution: in scenarios like this, you constantly require to presume the worst and be prepared to pay this high lease in full, on the occasion that the Huurteam Zuid-Limburg can not help you claim any excess rent back. If you do sign a contract you discover pricey, contact HTZL within six months to start a procedure declaring back any excess rent.

You can learn more about treatments to declare back excess lease and company fees here.

Terminating a contract

Terminating an agreement can be a tricky procedure with lots of guidelines surrounding it. In the Netherlands there are generally 2 types of rental contracts: an agreement for a defined duration and a contract for an undefined duration. It is really beneficial to know which one you have, due to the fact that it might make a distinction in how you ought to terminate your agreement. The default guideline is that occupancy contracts need to be terminated by notifying. this implies that you as an occupant send your proprietor a formal letter notifying them that you wish to end the rental contract. You do not have to provide a reason for termination, and termination remains in principle unilateral, which suggests that you don't need the property owner to approval to it.

Contract for an undefined period

In this kind of agreement, a minimum duration (for instance 12 months) is permitted. During this minimum period, you can not end your agreement, unless the property manager concurs. The property manager can set conditions to consent to this, for instance, you may pay an extra month's lease or be required to find a new person to take over the agreement. After the minimum duration you can end the contract with the proper notice period.

The advantage of this type of contract is that the property owner can not end your agreement easily. There requires to be legal factors.

Contract for a specified duration

In this type of agreement (most typically a 12-month agreement) there is a date the contract begins and a date the agreement ends. This agreement can not have a minimum duration and for that reason you can end the contract during the specified duration if you give right notification.

The disadvantage is that the property manager has a simple way to terminate your agreement on the end date of the specified period. The property owner just requires to let you understand 1 to 3 months before completion date that the contract is going to end, they do not require legal reasons to end the agreement on that date. If the property manager does not remind the occupant of completion date and the renter lives longer than the specified period, the agreement automatically develops into an agreement for an undefined period. You do not need a new contract for that, the old agreement automatically changes, and the rest of the agreement remains legitimate.

If you wish to terminate your agreement as a tenant, typically the contract lets you understand how to give . This can be a contact kind through a website of an agency, or an e-mail to the landlord/agency. If the agreement does not point out how to offer notification, the appropriate way to end the agreement is sending a letter via registered post, specifying that you wish to end the rental agreement per that date. You might also email the letter initially, but if you do not receive a reaction, you need to still send out the letter via signed up post to be sure. We advise that you send both a letter and an e-mail. You can download a sample of an official letter notifying here.

You still should handle a correct notice period when cancelling your lease. Normally, the notice equates to the regard to payment, which has actually been documented in the contract. For example, if you pay rent monthly, you must offer one month's notice . Unless differently mentioned in the rental contract, the cancellation of the rent requires to be received by the property manager before the first day of the month.

One FULL month (e.g. suggesting you can not end the contract on the 15th of April for the 16th of May. If you offer discover on the 15th of April, you can just end the contract by the 31st of May/1st of June).