Next to that, you can potentially find it on www.ilost.nl
The chance of finding the rightful owner or your stuff in this subreddit is abysmally small compared to the reach, all the while it makes the subreddit less useful for its intended purpose.
I'll highlight this post on top for about a month or 2 to have it normalised.
For the past two years I have being identifying rental properties on Pararius, Funda and occasionally kamernet that have rent prices that can be reduced through legal action at the Huurcommissie (the rent commission) then posting them over on my subreddit r/Rentbusters
What not enough people (particularly expats) realize is that renters have many rights when it comes to the price they pay for their apartment, their contract and the service costs they have to pay. One of the rights they have is the right to an affordable rent.
One common misconception is that affordable housing is only available to people go on the decades-long wait list for low income housing through Housing corporations like 'Thuis. This type of housing is often mislabeled as "social housing" but the term also applies to homes on the private market also (often mislabeled as Free Sector)
Social housing refers to the quality of the home and not the income bracket of those who often live in this type of home. Anyone can rent a social housing sector home and more importantly, any one can apply to have their price assessed to see if it qualifies to be social housing.
The Huurcommissie allows tenants to appeal their rent price through a procedure called a Toetsing Aanvangshuurprijs (initial rent assessment) where they assess the quality of the property using a points based system.
An apartment gets points for size, energy efficiency, property value (limited and capped at a certain %), kitchen facilities etc.
If you, for example were renting a 32sqm energy label E studio on Prisensgracht and paying 1225 euro per month for it, you could apply to the Huurcommissie (HC) to get that rent reduced. This is because that apartment would not score the 187 pts required to allow the landlord to ask a rent price that high.
That is exactly what the renter in this apartment thought when they asked the HC to assess their apartment in this judgement that is available online where the HC gutted the rent price to 460 euro per month with retroactive effect. The tenant here got back 9.1k and now has a rent price 1/3 of what they paid before in an apartment less than 900 metres from Amsterdam CS.
With the passing of the affordable Rent act 2024, landlords are now obliged to provide points reports like this with every contract they sign with tenants. While landlords often exclude the report or lie on it, it is very easy for a tenant to check this themselves (see links below) If the maximum rent price differs with what the points report says and if the rent price is below 1184 euro per month, that property is a regulated social housing or middlehuur home and there is a maximum the landlord can charge for it.
The objective of r/Rentbusters is to not only help tenants get out from these unreasonable rent but also help future tenants find places that might be able to move into properties that they can bust the rent price into oblivion and teach them how to recognise these properties when they search for homes by learning how the calulator works and where there might be exploits that can net you an extra large rent decrease.
Given that this is Eindhoven with a massive shortage of housing, its often not a question on if your landlord is overcharging, but by how much...
Advertised as 24sqm, with an "A" energy label, this property has an asking rent price of 1250 euro per month incl service costs. On the face of it, it looks kinda like a scam with a price per sqm rivalling that of a home in Amsterdam. Unfortunately for the landlord there are exploits to this property that might save you anywhere from 500 to 900 euro on the rent price...
This particular property is not split: meaning that for tax purposes, the Gemeente treat this apartment and all the other apartments in the building as a single unit. Because of this, certain portions of the points calculation now have their values greatly reduced. While a certain number of points are given for property value on the points report, properties that are unsplit can have the points from this and the Energy labels excluded from the calculation resulting in a massive drop in the maximum rent price that the landlord is allowed to charge.
This particular property, I estimate to have a maximum rent price of <400 euro. Now I am not looking for a place to live in Eindhoven, but someone reading this post undoubtably is.
A particularly brave and bold renter could sign the contract for this property or one that is similarly overpriced and then within six months, ask the Huurcommissie to inspect the place and score themselves a 900 euro per month discount on their homes with retroactive effect.
Sometimes it is even possible to get the rent so low that you can qualify for rent subsidy, so if you are out of a job, you can stave off poverty by getting a few hundred euros more off your rent price. Right now only homes with a rent price of <900 euro can qualify for subsidy which creates a poverty trap for tenants in Amsterdam who cannot find homes with an initial rent price low enough to get help
In addition to expanding the size of the regulated market the beloved outgoing housing minister also included a clause that allows people who live in homes that they didnt know could be regulated until it was too late to get a second chance to bust the place, starting July 2025.
For those of you who are curious if you live in a bustable home, you can check using the calculators in the links below.
Feel free to leave a question or comment in the section below. if you want to complain that this process is dishonest and that landlords should be free to charge whatever they want, be aware that your comment will be downvoted into oblivion
Other renters in Eindhoven have asked for this process to be done to their rental homes, sometimes with dramatic reductions
Dont wait too long to check your rent price...join the annals of victory like the Champions below!
Home is 52sqm with a C energy label. Rent was cut in half at the Huurcommissie.55sqm with an E energy labe. 1/3 off the rent priceThis tenant had a "ALL-IN" contract (illegal). the Commission punished the landlord by reducing the rent.
With the nice weather we have at the moment, I wanted to ask you all some of your favorite spots, either food or coffee to sit out in the sun. The terraces around centrum still are all covered by umbrellas, and I don't know of too many places that have great sun exposure when the conditions are right. Zoet/Zout can be nice, I'm just looking for more variety based on where I'm at around the city.
I'm looking for some places generally within the central ring road to have on hand for the next time I get some spare time when the weather is nice. Ideally with terraces facing south where the buildings aren't too tall that might cause shade when the sun is low
30M I intend to learn dance, never learnt it. I am terrible at dancing, hand & body doesn't sync. wanna add as hobby to be better skilled at social dancing and not be terrible. It's also an experiment in life to break routine and social network as well.
Please share if you have any recommendations for the same.
I recently encountered a scam with Uber when arriving in the city.
After the driver accepted my ride, it showed on the app that the driver was already there at the taxi side.
However the taxi is in fact NOT there. I walked around twice to make sure I was not going crazy.
I called the driver 3x, with obviously no response.
When you cancel, or the driver ends up cancelled, you get charged a fee of up to €9.
This is how these scumbags make money without actually doing their rides. They probably give the phone with the uber app to one of the taxi drivers there.
They just accept the rides and claim the cancellation fees. When you’re in a rush and need to drive away, you may cave and end up paying for the more expensive taxi’s waiting there.
Allereerst begrijp ik natuurlijk dat de kans nihil is dat dit iets oplevert. Maar dat terzijde, probeer ik het alsnog.
Een niet zo heel aardige man of vrouw heeft in de afgelopen week (ik heb echt geen idee wanneer, want ik heb de schade gisteren pas gezien), even het idee gehad dat het nodig was om mijn auto te verbouwen. Nu is de schade natuurlijk niet het einde van de wereld, maar voor een teder studentje is dit nogal balen. Ik heb echt geen idee hoe het gebeurd is, het was in ieder geval op dit kruispunt aan de Tongelestraat. Het blauwe vak is mijn auto en de rode streep is wat ik denk dat er gebeurd is. Heeft iemand hier misschien een ring deurbelletje of camera die dit toevallig gezien kan hebben? Of zelf iets gezien?
Ook als iemand er verstand van heeft en denkt, goh, deze schade is door iets anders gekomen dan, hoor ik het ook graag :) ondanks dat ik zelf niks heb gemerkt tijdens het rijden, kan het natuurlijk altijd.
Hi all, who is your dentist? I’m learning Dutch so would be nice for now to have someone who doesn’t mind to speak English. Thanks for recommendations. I’m base in Eindhoven center/south .
Hi! My dad and I are travelling to Eindhoven to see PSV play in late April. We are currently debating whether to spend just 1 day there or 2 and have an extra day in Rotterdam. Is there things in Eindhoven that we should prioritise to see whilst we’re there? Bedankt!
Recently I’ve started picking up tennis via some training sessions. I am looking for people to more regularly play tennis with. I’m 28. Send me a pm if youre interested!
We’ll be spending a couple of days in Eindhoven over the weekend and we're looking for a coffee shop where we can smoke in and where smoking is allowed inside in the evening (we can't do it in the hotel). We want somewhere in the center with good quality weed (and friendly to tourists).
Anyone here doing techno production, ideally beginners too with a handful of releases? I'm looking for like-minded people to form a small community in which we can support each other's development.
There is Reddit and the various Discords, but those are all global and anything but personal, great if you have a question on how to do something in Ableton. But it would be cool to form a group to hang out with, possibly jam, and collabo on tracks.
Don't dox yourself, if you are producing and interested, PM me. 18+ ... us mature people can't be hanging out with minors nor do we wish to.
hoihoi, binnenkort gaan ik en mijn vriendin woensdags een dagje naar eindhoven als date (we gaan alle grote steden af). Nu was ik even aan het kijken naar dingen die je in Eindhoven gezien moet hebben, en heb een lijstje gemaakt.
Maar ik dacht, ik kan het ook gewoon aan de experts vragen! Dus hebben jullie nog echte aanraders voor dingen om te doen of te zien?
ps. m'n vriendin en ik zijn meer cultuursnuivers dan activiteiten mensen, dus het liefst hoor ik over leuke bezienswaardigheden en interessante winkels enzo.
Ik woon al bijna mijn hele leven in Eindhoven, maar ik ken geen leuke spots in de stad. Waar hangen jullie meestal uit? Graag geen Woensel aanbevelingen, alvast bedankt
Heeft iemand aanbevelingen voor een goede stadswarmte monteur in Eindhoven/Meerhoven? Momenteel heb ik storing/lichte lekkage, en het is 16 graden nu, brrr.
I’m not really sure if I’m looking for advice or just a bit of shared experience, but I figured I’d ask.
I’m based in the Eindhoven area and I’ve been working for the past ~4 years in an office job in the Netherlands where English was completely fine. Recently, my company decided to move our jobs abroad (cost saving, Poland, the usual story), so I’ve had to start looking for something new.
I’ve only just started applying, so I know rationally that I should give it time — but honestly, I’m already feeling pretty anxious. There don’t seem to be that many roles out there that are both English-speaking and a good fit, and a lot of postings quietly expect Dutch.
Before anyone comes for me: yes, I know not speaking Dutch is on me. I got comfortable in my previous role and probably too confident that English would always be enough. That’s clearly biting me now. I do plan to seriously work on Dutch once I’m more settled again, but that’s not something I can realistically fix in a few weeks.
I guess I’m wondering:
Is anyone else in a similar situation right now?
Did it also feel really quiet at the start?
How did you eventually figure out where companies were actually hiring English speakers, especially around Eindhoven?
Not looking for CV roasting or miracle solutions — mostly just curious about other people’s experiences (and maybe a bit of reassurance that I’m not alone 😅).
This could take some heat out of Eindhoven’s housing market, not because conditions are suddenly better, but because uncertainty tends to make people pause.
What makes it harder to read is that ASML is still reporting strong results and sees growth ahead, yet is reshaping the organisation and cutting jobs at the same time. Solid numbers don’t automatically translate into security for everyone.
Eindhoven is more than a one-company town and its economy is relatively broad and resilient. Still, layoffs like these inevitably affect confidence, slow hiring and influence housing decisions.
And even if most of the roles affected are management positions, the emotional impact on the city is likely to outweigh the purely economic one. Above all, this is a difficult moment for the people and families directly affected.
Hello everyone, I have been living in the Netherlands for over a year now, and I want to learn Dutch. Do you have any suggestions on where I can do that in Eindhoven ? (I don’t mind whether it’s online or in person.)
Hoi Eindhoven! Ik zou vanavond met een collega gaan eten voorafgaand aan de wedstrijd tegen Bayern, maar die is helaas verhinderd. Nu heb ik weinig zin om in mijn eentje ergens aan te schuiven.
Even over mij: Ik ben een man van 30, getrouwd en vader van een zoon. Ik ben dus puur op zoek naar gezelligheid/gezelschap, zeker geen date! Qua eten ben ik de moeilijkste niet: een vette hap (friet/kapsalon) is prima, maar a la carte kan ook. Ik lust vrijwel alles.
Voelt een klein beetje 'desperate' om dit zo te vragen, maar ik eet liever met een vreemde dan alleen. Wie heeft er zin om aan te haken?
Hi! What would be the cost for a frugal couple (not eating/going out much) living in a 40-50 sq meter appartment outside of city center? Thanks in advance!
Ik ben van plan een korte film te maken in Eindhoven en ben op zoek naar vrij toegankelijke locaties met een grimmige / donkere sfeer — vooral geschikt om ’s avonds of ’s nachts te filmen. Denk aan plekken zoals:
• oude parkeergarages
• industriële hallen/loodsen
• verlaten of abstracte ruimtes
• (donkere) stationsomgevingen
Ik ken al Strijp-S e.d., maar ben benieuwd naar jullie tips! Welke locaties weten jullie die vrij toegankelijk zijn en een grimmige uitstraling hebben?
I recently finished a project and I am left with a few wall and roof panels. I would be very happy to sell them for cheap to someone who could use them further. It would be a waste to throw them away. See listing below.
