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You rent a house together and 1 of you wants to leave the house

You rent a house together and 1 of you wants to leave the house

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The steps if 1 of the 2 tenants wants to leave the house

You want to continue living alone in the property.

After all, you have rented the property together. The person who wants to continue living in the house can request the landlord to rent the house alone. The landlord will check whether you can afford the rent yourself. The landlord might also involve Verhuurtbeter.nl for this purpose. If your situation gives reason to rent the house alone you can continue to live in the house under the same rental agreement. Your roommate will then be removed from the rental agreement after acceptance by the landlord.

Subletting is prohibited by law and is subject to heavy fines. We therefore discourage you from taking someone into your home without informing the landlord.

Short step-by-step plan

  1. Inform the landlord that you wish to continue renting the property on your own.

  2. The landlord confirms your termination and might direct you to Verhuurtbeter.nl.

  3. The landlord or Verhuurtbeter.nl assesses if you can afford the rent alone and agrees on conditions with you.

  4. Once you accept, the rental agreement will be amended.

  5. The departing tenant will be removed from the rental agreement.


Renting with a new roommate

You want to rent your current home with someone else. If you want to rent the same house with someone else, you should contact the property manager/owner directly. They will assess the situation internally and make the contract change if necessary.

Verhuurtbeter.nl does NOT facilitate contract changes.


Suggest a tenant as a departing tenant.

It is unfortunately NOT possible at Verhuurtbeter.nl to nominate a candidate when you leave your property. We work with a fair waiting list and it would not be fair to the other candidates to accept a nominated tenant.

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