{"product_id":"vragen-11268-hallo-momenteel-wonen-wij-drie-personen-in-een-studentenhuis-waarvan-we-de-huur-exclusief-betalen","title":"Can you demand double glazing from your landlord?","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Hello,\n\n We (three of us) currently live in a student house, and we pay the rent exclusively. However, we only have single-pane windows, which means our gas bill is too high every year due to high heating costs.\n If this glass is replaced by double glazing, it will save us a lot. \r \nThe question is, can we demand this from our landlord? (We pay a total of €225 in service charges per month and don't actually see any of it.)\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n According to the Rent Assessment Committee's Defects Book, the presence of single glazing is not a defect. Moreover, you could have seen that the property had single glazing before entering into the lease agreement (during a preliminary viewing).\n\n The lack of single glazing is only considered a defect if the building is relatively modern and, according to regulations, must have double glazing. This generally doesn't apply to older buildings. The municipality can tell you more about this: I recommend making an appointment with the municipality's Building and Housing Inspection department so they can check which insulation regulations apply to this property based on the Building Decree.\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302423048541,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-11268-hallo-momenteel-wonen-wij-drie-personen-in-een-studentenhuis-waarvan-we-de-huur-exclusief-betalen","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}