Calculation guide

Calculate your maximum rent: how it works.

Every self-contained Dutch rental home has a points total, and that total sets what the home may legally cost. The calculation is public, the tables are statutory, and yet hardly any tenant knows their own number.

The five building blocks

The points system counts five main components. The floor area is the largest: every square metre of living space counts. The property value (WOZ) adds points, but its share of the total is legally capped, so an expensive location alone cannot lift a home into the free sector. The energy label can add a lot for an efficient home and subtract a lot for a poor one. Amenities such as kitchen and bathroom, and the outdoor space, complete the total.

The total then points to the legal maximum base rent in the statutory table. Up to 143 points a home is rent controlled, from 144 to 186 points it falls under the mid-rent rules, and above that the base rent is free. The tables change every year.

Count yourself, or let us calculate

Counting yourself is possible but takes real homework: the exact floor area, the registered energy label, the current property value and this year's tables. Our free check pulls that data from the official registers and shows your points total, your legal maximum and your possible savings in two to three minutes, with an honest range.

Want the detail? Read how the points system works and what a procedure costs if your rent turns out to be above the maximum.