For tenants of private landlords
Your rent has a legal maximum.
In the Netherlands, most rental homes have a legally capped rent based on a points system. Tenants who take their case to the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) win against private landlords in roughly three out of four cases. Huurgelijk makes the first step small: know where you stand for free, then decide.
- Free, no account needed
- Data stays in the EU, deleted after 30 days
- Built by legal professionals
Example of an outcome
- You pay
- € 1.000
- Legally allowed at 132 points
- € 857,33
That is € 142,67 a month too much, or € 1.712,04 a year.
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From 43,584 rulings
Where you can win
| Type of case | Cases | Tenant wins | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service chargesCharges that should not be on the annual statement | 11,203 | 85% | 151 days |
| Maintenance issuesRent reduction for overdue maintenance | 14,497 | 57% | 109 days |
| Rent and pointsRent above the points system allows | 2,234 | 75% | 109 days |
| Starting rentRent set too high when the contract started | 5,864 | 71% | 123 days |
Calculated over all published rulings of the Huurcommissie up to and including 2026-07-03. Cases not heard on their merits are excluded from the percentage. This describes those cases, not yours.
Why this works
In roughly three out of four cases against private landlords, the tenant wins.
That is what published Rent Tribunal rulings show. The barrier is not being right, it is taking the first step. We make that step free.
Know where you standHow the check works
Enter your address and rent
Two to three minutes, no account and no documents.
We pull the official registers
We look up your floor area and your energy label in the address register and EP-online. Only the WOZ value you enter yourself, because it is set per home and not freely available.
See where you stand
Your points total, the legal maximum rent and your possible savings, with an honest range.
Where our knowledge comes from
For years we built legal software for the professional side of the rental market.
Organisations that work with tenancy law every day have tools that hold the rules, the deadlines and thousands of rulings at their fingertips. That same engine now sits on your side of the table. The checks are free and stay free, however often you use them.
Read why you can trust usGood to know first
€ 25refunded if you win
That is all it costs
A tenant pays a 25 euro fee to start a Rent Tribunal case, and gets it back after winning. With a calculator for your situation.
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6months to act
Just signed? Every day counts
Within six months of your contract start, an excessive initial rent can be lowered retroactively. Our counter shows how many days you have left.
Count your days
Rather have us do it?
Everything on this site is free to do yourself. But if you would rather hand the procedure over, we take your case, from the evidence to the hearing. You pay a fixed fee of 99 euro per case. That amount is due whatever the outcome, and there is nothing on top of it.
Take the free rent points check
In two to three minutes you know where you stand. You enter your address and rent, we pull the floor area, energy label and property value from the official registers, and you see your points total, the legal maximum and the monthly difference. Free, no account, and your data is deleted after thirty days.