Check whether your rent and clauses deserve a pushback

For people who already pay rent

Sitting tenants ask different questions than people about to wire a deposit. Is the base rent in a capped WWS band? Were agency fees charged wrongly when you moved in? Is the deposit above the statutory size that applies to your contract date? Can a registration problem still be fixed? This funnel is for that slower, money-back-oriented review.

Paste is the default because many tenants only have an email attachment they can copy from, or they want to paste just the rent and fee sections. You can still upload a PDF. The free teaser shows issue count and an indicative rent verdict when the document states a monthly rent.

The full report (€8.99 + VAT) expands every finding with explanation and action. For tenants who want help turning findings into a written pushback, a negotiation pack (€14.99 + VAT) is offered as an add-on after unlock — letter structure and checklist oriented to recoverable-money issues, not courtroom representation.

Be honest about the rent screen

Several free tools already compete on “is my rent too high,” including the Huurcommissie’s official Huurprijscheck. Our indicative check places the stated kale huur against published social and mid-market maxima so you know whether to look further. It does not replace a formal points calculation.

Use this scanner when you also care about deposit, fees, registration, and termination language in the same pass. If your only question is exact WWS points, start with the official Huurprijscheck and come back here for the clause layer.

When the verdict is only “possibly regulated,” treat overpayment claims conservatively. The product is designed to avoid loud promises when property details are missing.

Recoverable-money patterns we surface

Deposit amounts that may exceed the legal maximum for contracts in scope of the Wet goed verhuurderschap rules, tenant-paid mediation fees in dual-representation settings, registration bans that look unenforceable, and rents that sit above a likely social-band ceiling when the verdict is strong enough to say so.

Each of those can support a written request, a Huurcommissie route, or a conversation with a tenants’ organisation. Timing matters for some rent challenges, so acting earlier in a tenancy is often easier than waiting years — check current official guidance for deadlines rather than relying on this page alone.

High scam risk is less common on this funnel, but if your “landlord” is still asking for unusual transfers mid-tenancy, the scam signals still appear.

From teaser to negotiation pack

Run the free screen first. If findings look material, unlock the full report for the detailed checklist and PDF. From there, the negotiation pack is aimed at sitting tenants who want structured wording and a step order — still informational, still not legal advice, and still first-party to this product.

Email yourself the report link so you can reopen it while you gather evidence: payment proofs, the signed contract date, service-cost statements, and photos from move-in. Those documents matter more than any automated paragraph when you escalate.

If nothing serious appears, you still get peace of mind and an indicative rent note. Unpaid scans expire in twenty-four hours; unlocked structured findings are kept longer so a paid purchase remains usable while you negotiate.

Sitting tenants sometimes hesitate because they fear retaliation or a non-renewal. That fear is real in a tight market. Use the findings to decide whether a soft written question, a formal Huurcommissie route, or simply documenting the issue for later is the right next move. Automated text cannot choose that strategy for you — it can only make the contract’s weak points harder to ignore.

Keep a dated folder of rent invoices alongside the scan result. If you later challenge service costs or deposit deductions, having the original clause text and your payment history in one place shortens every conversation with the landlord, agency, or tenants’ organisation. Re-scan only when the written terms change; monthly rent statements alone rarely need another full pass through this funnel.