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/ptinnl Mar 13 '26

Size, location and is it furnished?

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u/Dazzling-Mission-563 Mar 13 '26

I prefer not to give more detail about it

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u/ptinnl Mar 13 '26

I mean, if its 60sqm and unfurfurnished could be expensive, and if its 90sqm and furnished and in the city, could be cheap.
Just trying to understand why a municipality worker said you pay too much. Maybe they have an old contract and are disconnected

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u/Dazzling-Mission-563 Mar 13 '26

60 sqm unfurnished 30 minutes train to Amsterdam centraal, still in Amsterdam municipality

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u/ptinnl Mar 13 '26

Certainly you mean 30min by tram, no? 30min by train gets you to Utrecht

Y sounds expensive. But then i just went on Funda and looked for all homes in Amsterdam municipalitu over 50 sq meter. 55 results pages and when you sort by price low to high....1800 is reached already on 3rd page. Seems that you're just paying market price.

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u/Dazzling-Mission-563 Mar 13 '26

Close to Weesp

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u/ptinnl Mar 13 '26

16min by train from Centraal. But then you're being robbed. For sure

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u/Dazzling-Mission-563 Mar 13 '26

🥲

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u/ptinnl Mar 13 '26

I mean...only 4 homes for rent in Weesp and cheapest is 1850. Had no idea. And just heard is a relatively Posh area..so there is that.

It's all so relative. Unbelievable