Rental price and service costs

Service costs are often too high.

The most common service costs are gas, water and electricity, internet, upholstery and furniture. In the example, the service costs are € 200,00 per month. The service costs are equal to the total rent of € 800.00 minus the basic rent of € 600,00. All costs that are charged in addition to the basic rental price are service costs.

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Example of rental price and service costs

Basic rent:
€ 600,00
Gas water and electricity:
€ 100,00
Furnishing:
€ 50,00
Other costs:
€ 50,00
Total rent:
€ 800,00

You pay service costs as an advance. The landlord must provide you with a statement of the costs every year. The service costs statement is an overview of all the costs incurred by the landlord.

The landlord is not allowed to make a profit on the service costs. If you have paid too much you must get it back, even if you have moved. Private landlords in particular demand high service costs and do not provide statements. This causes tenants to miss out on a lot of money.

The most common service costs are gas, water and electricity, internet, upholstery and furniture. In the example, the service costs are € 200,00 per month. The service costs are equal to the total rent of € 800.00 minus the basic rent of € 600,00. All costs that are charged in addition to the basic rental price are service costs.

You pay service costs as an advance. The landlord must provide you with a statement of the costs every year. The service costs statement is an overview of all the costs incurred by the landlord.

The landlord is not allowed to make a profit on the service costs. If you have paid too much you must get it back, even if you have moved. Private landlords in particular demand high service costs and do not provide statements. This causes tenants to miss out on a lot of money.

Rental agreement

Example of rental price and service costs

Basic rent:
€ 600,00
Gas water and electricity:
€ 100,00
Furnishing:
€ 50,00
Other costs:
€ 50,00
Total rent:
€ 800,00

Service costs statement

Insight into the service costs.
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Bumarang Servicekosten terugkrijgen

There are different ways to get a service costs statement. You can ask the landlord to make a statement. Usually the landlord does not do this. You can then start a procedure at the Rental Committee (Huurcommissie).

The Rental Committee determines how much you should have paid. If you have paid too much, you must reclaim this amount yourself. You do this via a procedure at the court.

A procedure at the Rental Committee takes six to eight months. The court procedure also takes about eight months. In many cases it takes longer than a year to get a statement and to recover the overpaid service costs. Most tenants think this takes too long or have no understanding of this and leave it there.

Getting back service costs

Get service costs back without any hassle.
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Bumarang will immediately refund you part of the overpaid service costs. Based on your rental contract, Bumarang calculates how much you can get now. We look at the amount of rent and service costs and the duration of the rental contract.

Bumarang then investigates whether you have paid too much. If you have paid too much, Bumarang will collect the overpaid amount. We hope that more comes back from the landlord than we pay to you in advance. The difference is the profit for Bumarang.

Do you agree with our offer? Bumarang pays you immediately and gets the rights to take legal action against your landlord. These procedures are for the account and risk of Bumarang. You do not notice anything of this.

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Want to know if you can get back service costs?

Get service costs back in a few steps.

Step 1:

Send a scan or a photo of your rental contract

Step 2:

Receive an offer

Step 3:

Sign the agreement

Step 4:

Receive the money in your account

Step 1: Send your rental agreement to Bumarang

I have a question




    What does Bumarang do with my rental contract?

    Bumarang uses the information from your rental contract to calculate the maximum rental price. The rental contract specifies the amount and composition of the rent. In addition, it is important for Bumarang to know the commencement date of the contract. Finally, Bumarang looks at the duration of the contract. All this information is necessary to give you good advice.

    Am I bound to anything if I upload my rental contract?

    No, you're not stuck with anything. Bumarang needs the information from your contract to calculate the maximum rental price. After we have done this, you will receive an offer from us by e-mail. If you decide not to use our services, all your data will be deleted from our database.

    Why is my rent too high?

    The maximum rental price can be calculated using a points system. The size of the home, energy efficiency, facilities and the WOZ value play a role in this, among other things.

    The number of points corresponds to a maximum rental price. If the rent that the landlord asks is higher than the rent based on the points, the rent can be reduced.

    What is Bumarang's revenue model?

    We work on a no-cure, no-pay basis. That means we only earn if we can actually lower your rent.

    How exactly does that work? We are paid from the rent you overpaid until the Huurcommissie's ruling. That amount is for us. Anything you save after the Huurcommissie ruling is entirely yours. We ask for the overpaid rent back from the landlord.

    How does Bumarang get the information about my home?

    The information in the letter comes from public registers about your home. For example, we look at ep-online for the energy efficiency of your home. On this website you can find out whether an energy label or energy index has been registered for your home. The WOZ value of the house can be found at www.wozwaardeloket.nl. For information about the size of the house and the year of construction, we look in the Key Register of Addresses and Buildings (BAG). Based on all this public information, we drafted the letter.

    The information in the letter is carefully checked. The rental price stated in the letter therefore provides a reliable indication of the reduction that we can realize for you.

    After you have responded to the letter, we will check the information again. That way we know for sure that we can lower your rent.

    Why does Bumarang send letters?

    Most tenants do not know that there are regulations regarding rents. We will send a letter to inform tenants about this.

    It is also important that in many cases a procedure can only be started in the first six months of the rental contract. If you are too late, the rent can no longer be reduced. That is why we focus specifically on new tenants. The letter is sent to give tenants a fair chance to lower their rent.

    I want a rent reduction what should I do?

    The first step is to send your rental contract. Sometimes we also need a little more information. This mainly concerns the facilities in the bathroom and kitchen. We ask you to send a number of photos. Based on the contract and the photos, we make a more detailed scoring of your home. We then know exactly how we can best help you. We will then send you an e-mail without obligation with more information and a final offer.

    If you agree with this offer, you will receive a digital agreement by e-mail that you can sign online. After signing we get to work. We submit the procedure to the Rental Committee and Bumarang takes care of the entire procedure, the contact with the landlord and the rent assessment committee. So you don't have to do anything yourself.

    Can the landlord terminate my rental contract if I start legal proceedings?

    No. As a tenant you are very well protected in the Netherlands. This means that the landlord cannot terminate the contract, because you start a procedure to reduce the rent.

    Most contracts are for an indefinite period with a minimum rental period of one year. This means that the landlord can only terminate the contract in very exceptional cases. The landlord is bound by legal grounds for termination. You should think of structural rent arrears or persistent nuisance. This is almost never the case.

    Some contracts do offer the landlord the option to terminate the contract after one or two years. If this is the case, it will be stated in the rental contract. If you start the procedure within this specified time, there is a good chance that the contract will not be extended.

    Before we start a procedure, we always take a good look at your rental contract. We will then inform you in detail about your rights and obligations. You know exactly where you stand. To avoid any ambiguities, we recommend that you first contact us before you contact your landlord yourself.

    I have a private sector house. Does the points system apply to me?

    A free sector home is a home that, based on the points system, has a rent higher than € 808.06. If the rent based on the points system is lower than € 808.06, the house is wrongly rented out as a free sector house. The rent can then be reduced.

    In the first six months of the tenancy agreement, a procedure must be started with the Rent Assessment Committee. The Rent Assessment Committee assesses the reasonableness of the agreed rent. If the rent is too high based on the points system, she will reduce the rent.

    I have another question

    We are available daily via Whatsapp (06) 15 40 13 74, via email info@bumarang.nl or telephone (050) 850 87 10.

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