The rental specialist in the Netherlands
With a housing stock of 15,000 homes, vb&t Verhuurmakelaars is one of the largest rental specialists in the Netherlands. We have 55 years of experience in renting and managing homes.
Allocation & Process
At Vb&t, we strive to help find you a suitable rental property as best we can.
To enable us to do so, we ask that you register by filling in our registration form.
Registering is free and without obligation.
Based on the information you give us, we will automatically contact you via email as and when properties that meet your search criteria become available.
Allocation
In order for you to qualify for a rental property, our clients require a number of allocation criteria be met:
- Your gross monthly income (including holiday pay and fixed bonuses/surcharges) should be 4 times the monthly rent.
- For two tenants, both incomes are counted 100%.
- You may occupy the property with a maximum of two people, unless it is a family.
- You must have an employment contract of at least one year. For temporary employment contracts, an employer's statement is always requested.
- If your employment contract has a duration of less than 12 months at the time the lease starts, a letter of intent must be submitted. A deposit of 2 times the monthly rent is required.
- We may not include phase A agency contracts in income.
- Do you have more than €50,000 of freely withdrawable equity? Then we will add 10% of this capital to your gross annual income. You can prove this amount by means of a recent bank statement.
- Are you self-employed? You must meet the requirement of a gross monthly income of 4 times the monthly rent. A deposit of 2 times the monthly rent is required as standard when renting.
- You must live in the property yourself (main residence).
- If you are a student, unfortunately you cannot rent from us. You must be able to meet our income requirements. House-sharing is not allowed either. This is when you live with three people or more, without being in a family situation. Do you want to rent together and are not in a relationship? This is allowed.
- Persons under guardianship are unfortunately not allowed to offer housing.
- Guarantee by third parties is not allowed.
- You rent for a minimum period of 12 months.
We rent for multiple clients. Specific or different allocation criteria may apply to properties/complexes. These are then listed with the relevant property on our website.
Does your personal situation change?
We are aware that these guidelines do not allow us to help every house seeker. If your personal situation changes, we will always review it and see if we might still be able to do something for you. So are you getting a higher salary or a different contract? Adjust these details in your personal client file and don't hesitate to contact us again!
Documents
Before we are allowed to rent out a property on behalf of our client, we are required to do research into your background. To do this, we need some information from you. You need to provide these via the MyQii app or manually upload them into your client file if you cannot use the MyQii app. Check here which data these are and how you share them.
Checks
A credit check and PEP and Sanctions list check are part of the background check. To prevent identity fraud, your ID will be checked for authenticity by reading the NFC chip, among other things. In addition, transaction monitoring takes place on the bank accounts from which the rent is transferred. We or the property owner do this within the framework of the WWFT.
Forgery will always be reported.
Procedure
8 STEPS TO YOUR NEW RENTAL PROPERTY
We want to help you find a suitable rental property as best we can. To achieve a good match, simply go through our rental process. We explain it in eight steps.
- Register for free
Via our registration form you can register quickly and free of charge for the extensive search service in our regions. Based on the information you provide, we will automatically inform you by e-mail when properties are available that meet your search requirements. - Respond to housing offers
See a rental property that suits your needs? Click the 'Respond' button and we will contact you to schedule a viewing. Please note! If there are several candidates, the property will be offered to the best-suited candidate, registration time with vb&t may also be decisive. - Selection procedure
Vb&t Verhuurmakelaars believes that everyone deserves equal opportunities, especially in finding suitable housing. We therefore focus on ensuring a fair opportunity for house seekers, regardless of their age, gender, health status, marital status, sexual orientation, life, political or religious beliefs, race, ethnic origin or nationality.
In our selection process, we are allowed to make distinctions based on legally permissible characteristics, namely:
A candidate's financial circumstances- Meeting the stated income requirement
- Having a stable income
- Assessment of payment problems and/or arrears through a credit check
- Judge whether or not a deposit of up to two months is required
Tenant's age- To rent a property, the tenant must be an adult
- Depending on the nature and location of certain complexes, differentiation by age may take place (55+ or 65+)
Number of persons- Suitability of certain dwellings for large/small numbers of people
- Composition of tenants
- A maximum of two adult tenants may be registered at each address
- Viewing
If we contact you for a viewing, you can schedule a viewing with the current tenant for a property that is not yet empty. For empty properties, you will visit the property together with one of our rental employees.
- Share data with MyQii and upload additional documents if necessary
Would you like to rent a property after the viewing? Then we would like to receive more information from you. Based on the information given, we can check whether you meet the allocation criteria set by our clients. - Screening
As soon as you indicate after a viewing that you would like to rent the property, we will definitively check all details and/or documents. When the file is complete and all documents are in order, we will give you a final approval to rent the property. - Drawing up and signing the rental agreement
If your file is approved, we will start drawing up your rental agreement. It will then be sent to you digitally via e-mail. Curious about how to digitally sign a rental agreement? Then click here - Key transfer
You will be invited by our letting agent or housing inspector for the key exchange. During this appointment, we will record the status of the property, called the inspection, and you will receive the keys. From then on, you can start furnishing your new home.
Rent policy
Our rental offer can be found on our website. When renting out properties, we mainly apply financial rental conditions for all (prospective) tenants. To assess the financial position of a (prospective) tenant, we initially request basic income data via the registration form on our website. We then look at the candidate who offers the most financial security. In case of similar suitability, (prospective) tenants are selected on the basis of drawing lots to avoid discrimination during the rental process. After selection, original income details from the employer, own company, benefit agency or pension provider are requested and verified. If a prospective tenant has insufficient income or is unable to provide the correct information, a request for a viewing, with the aim of renting the property, may be refused without giving reasons.
Complaints procedure
We do our best, but you may still not be satisfied with our service. If you want to make this known, click here for our complaint form.