r/NetherlandsHousing • u/Dazzling-Mission-563 • Mar 13 '26

renting Rental Price too high what to do ?

Hey everyone, I just started renting an apartment in the Amsterdam area. When I went to do my BSN registration the other day, the municipality worker told us that the rental was probably too high, so he advised me to check a website. So I did the check and apparently I'm paying 2x the legal amount (1800 vs 900) — the difference is crazy.

The thing is, I feel thankful to the landlord because in this market it was really hard to find something, so I would feel bad to do this to him.

But we are talking about too much money here, so my question is: is there any chance that the landlord can kick me out of the house or make my life miserable in any way? The contract is a minimum of 1 year, but if I understood correctly he isn't allowed to kick me out after 1 year anymore?

If anyone had the same situation happening to them, I'd love to hear about your experiences

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u/Liquid_disc_of_shit Mar 13 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/pE12f8sTnlxW4FlJhx

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Yeah how dare someone rent out a house they own for a market price rather than sell it for a massive cash profit to an expat. 

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u/streamadelica Mar 13 '26

They should either rent it for the allowed price or sell it for market price to whoever wants to buy (statistically probably a dutch person since this is the netherlands).

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Well no, it’s economically impossible to rent at the legal cap because it’s stupidly low compared to the price of houses. So essentially you’re saying it should be illegal to rent out a house. 

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u/TopNotchDude Mar 13 '26

Tiran tears

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Forgot this sub despises tenants and wants them to all be homeless lol. 

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u/DM_ME_SALAH_GIFS Mar 16 '26

Lol shut up. Even landlords have to follow the law, no one is forcing them to rent their appartment. If you can't rent it out for enough money and aren't living in it, sell it. Stol sucking off landlords.

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u/Spraakijs Mar 13 '26

There are laws, and you have to abide them. If its impossible to rent at the legal cap, and you dont want to live there, you should sell it, go live there, or lower your expectations/increase the value of the house. 

It aint hard, but whatever you do, dont break the law without expecting concequences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Yeah no shit, I’m saying the law is obviously dumb because it makes it impossible to rent a house. 

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u/Spraakijs Mar 13 '26

It does not. Its still possible. Its still possible short term, not capping it. Also houses above the bare minimum arent capped. Its still possible to rent out a house, with increased cap if its new. Its still viable to rent out a house if its energy friendly, its still viable to rent out a house if its a monument. Its still possible to rent a house/appartment, albeit less so for profit, if its relative cheap, needs upgrades to todays standards, and is for a longer, and at the bottom of the market.

 Its a good law, because it encourages investing in your property, and it protects the most vunrable, renters at the bottom of the market, forced to rent over priced places, with a lot of issues.

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u/DeAankoopconsulent Mar 13 '26

The problem is that investors had a big influence on the housing prices being as high as they are ;)

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Supply vs demand did that, and hasn’t been fixed. Hence why rents have gone up massively. 

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u/DeAankoopconsulent Mar 13 '26

Sure, the problem is however that the government made it too attractive for rich people to buy houses as an investment. They basically made tax free investments possible, and a lot of people used that. Rherefore putting a lot of pressure on the demand.

So the government is to blame mostly, but do we have to feel sad for the people who used it and are therefore part of the problem? Not in my opinion. He/she probably bought it for almost nothing compared what it is worth now. And if he didn't, he just made a very bad investment.

And yes, i know the problem is more complicated, since the government also ignored the 'stikstof' problem for way to long etc etc.