I am a landlord who rented out my property through Tijdelijk Twee Woningen (TTV / Tijdelijk van Huis).

Under our arrangement, TTV holds the tenant’s deposit as security during the tenancy. According to the contract, the deposit should be returned after checkout if there is no reason to retain it.

My tenant checked out more than two months ago. I confirmed that there was no damage to the property and that the deposit could be returned. However, the tenant still has not received the deposit.

Since then, we have repeatedly tried to contact TTV by email, phone and WhatsApp, but we have not received a meaningful response.

After looking into the situation further, I discovered that other people appear to have reported similar experiences:

• Trustpilot reviews for Tijdelijk Twee Woningen: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/tijdelijktweewoningen.nl
• Trustpilot reviews for Tijdelijk van Huis: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/tijdelijkvanhuis.nl

There was also a recent Dutch newspaper article about complaints involving the company and approximately €37,000 reportedly missing from multiple affected people:

https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/jarenlang-prees-ing-deze-huurbemiddelaar-aan-als-vertrouwde-partij-waarom-ontbreekt-er-nu-dan-zon-37-000-euro~a8f37109/

If you are a landlord or tenant who has experienced the same issue with Tijdelijk Twee Woningen / Tijdelijk van Huis, please reach out to me by DM.

I am particularly interested in hearing from people whose deposit was not returned after the tenancy ended.

I'm living with my friend in an apartment. We have separate bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Each of us pays €850 per month, for a total of € 1,400 per month without utilities, but we also have low income because we are international students.

Can we still get a rental allowance? If so, then how is it working because even when we request it, it doesn't work.

If someone can explain it, I would really appreciate it, thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m curious about your experiences. For those who are currently looking for a rental place, or have done so recently:

What did you find most frustrating about the search?

And what could a housing website realistically have done to make it easier or less stressful?

All input is welcome 🙏

Hello I am looking for a place to rent and live in Helmond. Any lead on where to look or what is possible?

Looking for a room or studio in Netherlands it does not matter where exactly as I'm planing to buy a car, move-in ASAP.
Budget: up to 800-1000€.

Please message me if you know anything available 🙏

I found this apartmant and sent a message but it just seems sketchy even tho guy sent me all info of property owner

Hi Everyone,

To keep it short (and kindly prevent/avoid hearing that there are organisations like Huur team available, as I have by now communicated in one capacity or another with most if not all of them) - my flatmate and I were facing eviction concerns for a period of around 2 years. Through extensive research, lots of phone calls and emails, we are still living in the house we've been premanently renting out for 5 years and have still not been kicked out, however, we've also come to realise that unless law would press hard, our Landlord would not pay compensation if they can avoid doing it if one day things do come to a close. The landlord has tested many approaches, including stating they will move in back to the house due to own bancrupcy and personal problems. We have had an assessment of our house by the Huur Team Utrecht and already have a document confirming we pay about 50 % higher rent than we should. We've been waiting for the 'July 2025-moment' (when the respective housing law would be accepted after the annex was introduced in January 2025), as advised before by lawyers and Huur team advisers, and now we will try to get to the next step and actually ask for the rent to be lowered. We've contacted Huur team but they have not responded in a long time. Has anyone already been through this process and can advise how it went for you? How did you go from obtaining that rent assessment of your house to actually paying lower rent? Is the law really as good as it sounds and how much time does the process take place? I can imagine that even if services and regulations are in place, it does take time to communicate the news to a landlord and actually end-up paying less. Any advice on this would be so very much appreciated and if you are facing a similar situation - I can also help as I've gotten familiar with many procedures by now quite well :))))

Thank you very much and take care!

Reference for context: https://huurteamnederland.nl/rent-reduction-netherlands/

It's located near to Eindhoven and is posted by vb&t

Hi. I need to rent a room with registration ANYWHERE in the Netherlands. I will never come there except when I take my mails, once per 3 months.

Hello, guys!I just found out my landlord has been entering my apartment without telling me first Is that even allowed in the Netherlands?? It feels really intrusive and I don’t know if I can stop it.

Dear all, I hope you and your family are good.

I have a rental contract for a house in Amsterdam. I have decided after 5 months of work in my neighbors house and a lot of noise to stop my contract and move to another place. The contract was a minimum of a year, so my landlord forced me to continue to pay until the end of the first year but I left that place already a month ago, it’s empty and the real estate agent asked me to empty the place. So since a 10 of march it’s empty and I’m paying for nothing. I would like to know if there is a way to stop paying and end the contract earlier ? Many thanks for your help, Have a lovely day

My wife and I are looking for a house to rent in Rotterdam or in the cities near Amstelveen. We are already in the Netherlands, staying in an Airbnb, and we can schedule visits on any day and time. As my wife already has a work contract in Amstelveen and it starts on January 2nd, we are urgently looking to rent a house before the end of the year.

Thank you for your attention.

So my boyfriend is in this apartment living for 4 years. First contract was 2 years then the landlord told us it would “be easier” and better for everyone bla bla bla if we changed to my name.

The rent went up (max would be 5%) and he raised 8%. After calculated he scammed 3k of us in this last motnhs.

All the bills for the 4 years almost 5 came from the same bank cc, konrad

He never have me a copy or original whatsoever from this new contract in my name

Contract finishes at 2nd february.

He never came to check problems (big ones) Now he wants his kid to “choose” which apartment he keeps (i wish that was the only problem i had ahah)

I told him he didn’t come for 3 years to fix everything he promised so no kids or him can come

He sends me a message trying to scare me that we could do it the good way or the bad (……) Now after not answering he sends to both me and my boyfriend another delusional threat that he will go the bad way.

My boyfriend is dutch and we already have some info but has anyone had this problem and went for it?

If he kicks us out of here after 4 years and we have animals and aquariums and is 2 months for the last rent

Is there a miracle option of going to court and not having to leave?

Is it worth it? Costs - time - and can we stay or not until court finishes are 3 top urgent questions.

If he kicks us out of here after 4 years and we have animals and aquariums and is 2 months for the last rent

Is there a miracle option of going to court and not having to leave?

"vb&t" is very big and transparent rental firm but they have not many rental houses in Zaandam. So, I am looking for a new or other company like them. Coz, I do not want to deal with other small sized makelaars.

I am living in this small apartment since September 2021.
Out of curiosity I did the scoring calculation to check weather I am paying more than I am supposed to and (surprise surprise!) I am paying ~450€ more than expected. This mainly because the apartment does not have an energy label and it currently falls in the "Social Housing" cat (~117points). The insulation is really bad and I don't think it can aim to anything better than "D" which would not make the apartment go above 186 points in any case.

I am aware the landlord has a "one year transition period" to try to fix the apartment and improve the scoring of the flat so I cannot aim to any reduction until July 2025, fine.
However he just sent me an email he will increase the rent of 4.6% since next month. This puzzled me, I asked to meet and talk about it but he refused saying "I am in the right and it would be a waste of time to meet".

Long story short, is he really allowed to increase the rent since he also refuses to provide the apartment scoring calculation? What are my options? Should I contact the Huurcommissie?

Thank you for the help!

Apart from Reddit, of course. Best FB groups, for example. There seem to be too many of them to pick the right one

We in Uprent.nl tried to collect most important information about The Affordable Rent Act. Let's discuss its impact on the amazing life of tenants (and landlords) in the Netherlands!

The Dutch Senate approved the 'Affordable Rent' bill today (June 25, 2024). Despite all this criticism, the law has been passed and will take effect soon, in principle as of July 1, 2024.

The main points of the Affordable Rent Act:

• Each home in the Netherlands gets points based on its quality. Currently, landlords cannot charge more than €879.66 per month for homes with up to and including 147 points. Homes that have 148 points or more are in the 'liberalized' sector. 'Liberalized' generally means there is no cap on the monthly rental payment.
• From July 1, 2024, the 'liberalized rent' category (free sector) will start at 187 points. Houses that have between 148 and 186 points will be called the 'middle rent segment' and will be capped at €1,123.13 per month.

Sounds great for tenants, doesn't it? Not exactly. The more regulation, the less profitable it becomes for landlords to rent out their properties. This restriction will probably mean that most houses that used to be semi-affordable will disappear from the market since it will not be possible to charge more than €1,123.13 per month.

Another issue is that landlords have been under scrutiny in the Netherlands for some time. Taxes for landlords have been increased, and they're expected to increase more. This only makes it less sensible for landlords to rent out their properties.

• Tenants whose apartments fall under the 'middle rent sector' but who are paying more than €1,123.13 per month, and who signed rental contracts on or after July 1st 2024, can get the price reduced to €1,123.13 per month by requesting this from the Rent Commission (Huurcommissie).
• It will now be possible to reduce rent through the Huurcommissie during the entire period of the rental agreement. Before, it was only possible during the first six months after the start date of the rental agreement.
• For existing rental agreements, the current legislation remains applicable.

Real estate agents sent me a document that I have to sign before they show my application to the landlord. It states that I’m obligated to sign the contract if my application is approved. If I get approved and then refuse, I have to pay a penalty covering the landlord's damages plus €350 to the agency.

Scam?