Rental Law

Judge finds COA the same as a hotel, justified or unjustified? In the middle of last year, the District Court of The Hague (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2024:12605) ruled that the reception of refugees can be equated with operating a hotel. The tenant who first operated a hotel in the building, but then gave it in use to COA (the Central...

Supreme Court: eviction agreement no rent despite agreement on compensation The Supreme Court handed down an important ruling last Friday. The ruling gives landlords (and to some extent their tenants) some breathing room. The ruling (ECLI:NL:HR:2025:167) stipulates that an agreement stating that one party may continue to occupy the leased property for a while, against payment...

Tenant destroys the leased property, how to prove his guilt? Upon termination of the lease, the tenant is obligated to return the leased property to the landlord in the condition in which it was received. This applies to homes, stores and other commercial premises such as offices. It is difficult afterwards to...

Rental protection in housing: here's how it is! In the Netherlands, tenants of housing enjoy the most extensive form of rent protection. This means that the landlord cannot simply terminate the lease, but must adhere to very strict rules and conditions. How exactly does that work? Conner Canters is a lawyer specializing in rental law....

Buyer cheated when buying vacation home on rental plot Investing in vacation homes is increasingly popular. Europarcs is one of the best-known providers of such vacation homes. Yet the company recently faced a legal nightmare. In June of this year, an Amsterdam judge ruled that Europarcs had misled a woman when purchasing a...

Can landlords change locks and vacate? Sometimes they are! A thorn in every landlord's side: a tenant who does not pay. You often have to wait until the rent arrears reach three months before you can successfully initiate summary eviction proceedings. Does it concern a house? Then nowadays you even have to file a report first...