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A single, legally problematic rental price where the basic rent and service costs are not separated.
Legal Terms
A short-stay visa that allows travel within the Schengen Area for up to 90 days, which is entirely unsuitable for long-term renting.
A citizen of a European Union member state, who enjoys the right to freedom of movement and work within the Netherlands.
An internationally recognized form of certification that validates the authenticity of a public document for use in another country.
A legally valid translation of an official document performed by a translator who has been officially sworn in by a Dutch court.
The process of converting official documents from a foreign language into Dutch or English to make them understandable and acceptable for official procedures.
A person's record of managing debt and credit in a country other than the Netherlands, which is often difficult or impossible to verify for landlords.
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An all-in huur
, or all-in rent, is a rental agreement where the landlord charges a single, unitemized price for the tenancy. The contract does not provide a separate figure for the kale huur
(basic rent) and the servicekosten
(service costs). While a landlord might present this as a simple and convenient 'all-inclusive' package, it is a legally toxic arrangement that is almost always to the tenant's disadvantage. The Dutch Civil Code effectively outlaws all-in rents because they make it impossible for the tenant to exercise their fundamental rights. Specifically, an all-in price obscures the basic rent, meaning a tenant cannot determine if their property should be in the rent-controlled regulated sector. Furthermore, it makes the mandatory annual settlement of service costs impossible, allowing the landlord to potentially profit from these charges, which is illegal.
Landlords who use all-in contracts often do so for two reasons, both of them cynical. Firstly, it allows them to charge a price well above the legal maximum for a property that, if its basic rent were properly specified, would fall into the regulated sector. Secondly, it allows them to avoid the administrative hassle of providing a detailed cost settlement each year. They are banking on the tenant's ignorance of the law. Any prospective tenant who encounters an all-in contract should see it as a giant red flag and either walk away or proceed with the express intention of challenging the rent immediately upon signing.
The law provides tenants trapped in an all-in contract with a powerful remedy. A tenant can submit a request to the Huurcommissie
(Rent Tribunal) to split the all-in price into a legally compliant basic rent and an advance payment for service costs. This is not a negotiation; it is a legal procedure with a predictable outcome. The Huurcommissie
will assess the property's characteristics using the official housing valuation system (woningwaarderingsstelsel
- WWS) to determine the maximum legal basic rent. They will then estimate a reasonable advance for the service costs. The sum of these two components will become the new, legal rent.
This process frequently results in a substantial and permanent rent reduction for the tenant. For example, a landlord might charge an all-in rent of €1,200 for a small apartment. After the procedure, the Huurcommissie
might determine that the maximum legal basic rent based on the property's points is actually €750, with a reasonable service charge of €150. The tenant's new total rent becomes €900 per month, and they may even be entitled to a refund of the overpaid amount. This legal mechanism is a crucial safety valve, but it requires the tenant to be proactive. The landlord has created the illegal situation, but the burden is on the tenant to initiate the process to correct it.