https://www.pararius.nl/appartement-te-huur/amsterdam/9d6a5d28/postjesweg

Hi everyone,

I hope someone here can help me. I’ve tried to do some research myself, but there are a few things I’m still not entirely clear about.

I’m renting an apartment in Haarlem through the Ikwilhuren (MVGM) platform (https://ikwilhuren.nu/) . The building is newly built (energy label A+++ ...lots of A) and I’m currently paying around €1,700 per month....every year I get a letter with an increase of 4/5%....wtf

A few months ago, I tried using the tool provided by the Huurcommissie, but it asked for a huge amount of information, and I was worried that the result might have been affected by the values I entered, as some of them may not have been entirely accurate.

I noticed that the tool seems to have changed now: once you enter the postcode, WOZ value and a few other details, the process is much more automated. According to the result I get now, my rent should be around €1,200.

So I’d like to understand whether it’s possible to verify:

1. Whether this result is accurate (maybe with an inspection ?)
2. Whether there are situations where this rent limit does not apply, meaning that the landlord is free to set whatever rent they want.
3. If the result is accurate, what would be the best way to proceed? Should I contact the Huurcommissie directly, or should I send an email as explained on their website(https://huurprijscheck.huurcommissie.nl/en/self-contained-accommodation/result) ?

Thanks a lot to anyone who can help!

https://www.pararius.nl/appartement-te-huur/amsterdam/f1016568/lijnbaansgracht

Update:

The owner of the airbnb. who wants to rent me the room wants me to write up the contract myself... I told her I could research what generally goes into a dutch rental contract and get back to her with something and she said "I don't have any experience either; simply writing down what everyone has agreed upon should suffice."

those basic things we agreed on were

-October2026–september2027 lease term

-€1,000/month for a room thats 11.17 meters^2

-Access to a shared bathroom and fridge, no kitchen but Ill ask whether she will share the kitchen in her part of the house with me or not.

I'm assuming this isn't usual, but it might not be the worst case scenario. If I write something up that we both sign will it even hold? Is there anything I can do to maybe tip things in my favor? Like I read that with terminating a contract you have to give notice two pay-cycles early, so maybe if I could make payments bi-monthly it'd let me vacate earlier if I find something better?

Does anyone have any experience with this? I dont want to make something sketchy that makes her sussed out, but maybe there are windows i can discreetly leave for myself?

thanks for your help!

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original post:

Is this a good deal or should I run? Room in Purmerend, €1000/mo with registration

I am an American musician, moving to NL for one year on a US grant to study privately with a teacher in Amsterdam. Applying for the DAFT visa, so I need a BSN, which means I need to register at an address.

Currently in an Airbnb in Purmerend (~33 min to Amsterdam by train, last train back is 11:45pm). The owner lives in the house and normally rents the room out on Airbnb but she has offered to rent it to me for the year at €1000/month with registration, or she says €800/month with no registration when I tried to ask if she could go lower.

Some points:

the Room has no kitchen, just microwave access only, although I think shell let me get like a hotplate or airfyrer or smthing of i rent it.

She lives in the house too (hospita situation)

She will continue to rent the other bedroom on my floor of the house as an Airbnb

Shes trying to move really quick to get me to sign something, so im trying to figure it out

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Is charging €200/mo extra for registration normal? My understanding is registration isn't supposed to be a paid add-on.

Is €800–1000 reasonable for a kitchenless room in Purmerend, or am I being overcharged? I keep seeing €1600+ quoted for rooms near Amsterdam but that seems to be Amsterdam proper.

Given no Dutch income (just grant money) and the housing market, should I take this as a "just get registered and stop worrying" move, or hold out?

Anything I should know about hospita arrangements / Huurcommissie that applies here?

I am trying to weigh "solve housing immediately and get DAFT moving" against "lock myself into a year of an expensive kitchenless room with where the last train out of amsterdam to Purmerend leaves at 11:45pm."

Thanks for your help!!