{"id":3660,"date":"2025-10-17T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/duurzamer-verhuren\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:33:14","slug":"more-sustainable-renting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/duurzamer-verhuren\/","title":{"rendered":"More sustainable rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Check first whether it is renovation or not!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You want to make your premises more sustainable? Logical! With rising energy prices and stricter climate regulations, this has almost become a matter of course. But beware: legally, it makes quite a difference <em>how<\/em>\u00a0you name those activities. That difference can significantly affect your rights and obligations as a landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Renovation or urgent work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>renovation<\/strong>\u00a0is all about improving tenants' living comfort. Think better insulation, new window frames or an energy-efficient boiler. In that case, you should make a reasonable proposal, and sometimes the tenant is even entitled to a moving allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>urgent work<\/strong>\u00a0involves necessary measures that cannot wait. For example, connecting to a heat network or installing solar panels to meet climate targets. The tenant must allow this, and you do not have to pay a fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainability: luxury or necessity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Until recently, judges usually saw preservation as renovation. But a recent ruling shows that it can be done differently. Preservation does not always have to be a luxury - sometimes it is simply a necessity. And so that makes a big difference legally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short: preservation is not always an improvement for the tenant, but often a step you as a landlord have to take. And the difference between renovation and urgent works can save you thousands of euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong>&nbsp;Are you going to renovate soon? Check carefully whether your plans are considered renovation or urgent works. This prevents hassle with tenants and unexpected costs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check eerst of het renovatie is of niet! Je wilt je pand verduurzamen? Logisch! Met de stijgende energieprijzen en strengere klimaatregels is dat bijna vanzelfsprekend geworden. Maar let op: juridisch maakt het nogal wat uit hoe\u00a0je die werkzaamheden benoemt. Dat verschil kan flink invloed hebben op jouw rechten en plichten als verhuurder. Renovatie of dringende [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vwg.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}