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What do you do when an agency refuses to pay back a deposit when you see no grounds for this?[The above question and answer was taken from our Ask the Expert section under the 'Renting a house' category. Other housing categories include 'Buying a house' and 'Mortgages'.]
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Amsterdam Expats | http://www.amsterdamexpats.nl/?lang=en
We are a real estate agency with years of experience in the leasing and letting of part-furnished and/or furnished homes. We are the ultimate specialist in finding suitable homes for people coming to live and work temporarily in the Netherlands. Our mission is not to be the biggest, but to be one of the best. This objective has enabled us to keep on growing for many years.
Website: http://www.amsterdamexpats.nl/?lang=en
Actually, it means then if your deposit is around 1000 euros or so, the agency/ landlord can play around and keep the money because the legal help is too expensive, you would loose it anyway... I love to live in this country!
No, Fanni, this is absolutely not the case. I give legal advise to tenants and have several procedures at court running to claim back deposits that landlords refuse to pay back. These cases are normally won by the tenant, unless the landlord can proof the apartment was in a bad condition at the end of the lease (worse than it was at the beginning of the lease).
The costs of the procedure are 280 euros (court expenses) and after winning the case the landlord has to pay you back these costs. I don't charge the tenant anything for cases like this, because also my fee has to be paid for by the landlord. So after winning the case you get back your 1000 euros and the landlord ends up paying all the court expenses on top of that.
Feel free to contact me if you need any help.
Guido Zijlstra (info@guidozijlstra.nl)
Dear All,
As of 1 October 2011, some law is put in place making it impossible for tenants to REDUCE rents on small houses!!!
Usually landlords (from my experience) would get me to pay some fee at the end- like for cleaning. Now i noticed that they increased the rent instead and don't even want any deposit!?
They said 'if we see you damage the place, we will just increase the rent even more, simply cs we can and can't afford a lengthy trial'
Here is the link in english newspaper:
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/05/rentcontrolled_housing_plan_in.php
And here is a link to Perfect Housing saying the law has passed, effectively making any house 'free'to rent at any (ridiculous) high rent- I called the municipality and they say it's for real:
http://www.perfecthousing.nl/index.php?subID=483
Amsterdam Expats | http://www.amsterdamexpats.nl/?lang=en
We are a real estate agency with years of experience in the leasing and letting of part-furnished and/or furnished homes. We are the ultimate specialist in finding suitable homes for people coming to live and work temporarily in the Netherlands. Our mission is not to be the biggest, but to be one of the best. This objective has enabled us to keep on growing for many years.
Website: http://www.amsterdamexpats.nl/?lang=en
Actually, it means then if your deposit is around 1000 euros or so, the agency/ landlord can play around and keep the money because the legal help is too expensive, you would loose it anyway... I love to live in this country!
No, Fanni, this is absolutely not the case. I give legal advise to tenants and have several procedures at court running to claim back deposits that landlords refuse to pay back. These cases are normally won by the tenant, unless the landlord can proof the apartment was in a bad condition at the end of the lease (worse than it was at the beginning of the lease).
The costs of the procedure are 280 euros (court expenses) and after winning the case the landlord has to pay you back these costs. I don't charge the tenant anything for cases like this, because also my fee has to be paid for by the landlord. So after winning the case you get back your 1000 euros and the landlord ends up paying all the court expenses on top of that.
Feel free to contact me if you need any help.
Guido Zijlstra (info@guidozijlstra.nl)
Dear All,
As of 1 October 2011, some law is put in place making it impossible for tenants to REDUCE rents on small houses!!!
Usually landlords (from my experience) would get me to pay some fee at the end- like for cleaning. Now i noticed that they increased the rent instead and don't even want any deposit!?
They said 'if we see you damage the place, we will just increase the rent even more, simply cs we can and can't afford a lengthy trial'
Here is the link in english newspaper:
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/05/rentcontrolled_housing_plan_in.php
And here is a link to Perfect Housing saying the law has passed, effectively making any house 'free'to rent at any (ridiculous) high rent- I called the municipality and they say it's for real:
http://www.perfecthousing.nl/index.php?subID=483
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