{"product_id":"vragen-1467-we-lopen-een-maand-achter-met-de-huur-zonder-herinnering-of-aanmaning-krijgen-we-nu-een-brief-van-d","title":"Rent arrears and collection costs - Legal Advice","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e \nWe are a month behind on the rent. Without a reminder or notice, we now receive a letter from the lawyer with hundreds of euros in extra costs. Is this allowed and what can we do about it?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n I advise you to only pay the rent arrears. I would leave out the costs charged by the lawyer, there is no legal basis to claim extrajudicial costs if only one letter has been sent.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Can we also express this in our letter to the law firm?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n I would pay the rent immediately. Then inform the lawyer that you have paid the rent arrears, but that you will not reimburse the additional costs. If a payment reminder had been sent normally, you would have paid immediately and hiring a lawyer would therefore be unnecessary. I would inform the lawyer of this.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Thanks for the information.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Good luck!\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nIt does make a difference whether you have also paid your rent irregularly in the past and this has led to the use of a lawyer.\n\n You can lose your rental rights if you do not pay for three consecutive months, but also if you are very irregular with your payments.\n\n This does not mean that hundreds of euros in collection costs cannot be an issue, unless you pay thousands of euros in rent. In the case of a one-off rent arrears, a lawyer would not have been an issue and you do not have to pay the collection costs.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55018350641501,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-1467-we-lopen-een-maand-achter-met-de-huur-zonder-herinnering-of-aanmaning-krijgen-we-nu-een-brief-van-d","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}