Rent check Rotterdam
Overpaying rent in Rotterdam? Check it for free.
Rotterdam is our home base. The city is growing fast, rents are growing with it, and the free municipal rental team has been discontinued.
The rental market in Rotterdam
From Katendrecht to Kralingen, Rotterdam is building and letting at pace, with a large and growing group of private and institutional landlords alongside associations such as Woonstad Rotterdam and Havensteder. Note for tenants seeking help: the municipally subsidised Huurteam Rotterdam has been discontinued, so the free walk-in support has disappeared. The legal rules have not changed, and neither have your rights.
The rules are the same across the Netherlands: the points system sets a legal maximum for most homes, and the Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) can enforce it. Tenants who bring a case win against private landlords in roughly three out of four cases. The free check shows where your home stands in two to three minutes.
Frequently asked in Rotterdam
Is Huurgelijk itself based in Rotterdam?
Yes. Huurgelijk is made in Rotterdam by legal professionals with years of experience in Dutch tenancy law. The check and every tool work nationwide, but this city we know from the inside.
My Rotterdam apartment is newly built. Can the rent still be too high?
Yes, also in new construction. The legal maximum follows from the points of the home, not from construction costs or the asking price. Within six months of your contract start, the initial rent can be reviewed with retroactive effect.
Also good to know
Just signed a contract? Within six months an excessive initial rent can be lowered retroactively. A procedure costs 25 euros, refunded when you win. And if you would rather hand it all over: we take your case, no cure no pay.
Know where you stand
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