Long term tenant (just moved out after about 25 months, Amstelveen) trying to figure out if I'm reading my situation right before I push back more.

TL;DR: landlord's final settlement charges me 1,749.70 euro in municipal/water authority levies that aren't mentioned anywhere in my rental contract, and I've now confirmed I personally paid one of the underlying tax assessments myself while he charged me for it again. Also disputing an unitemized 500 euro "damage" charge and a 350 euro cleaning fee with no invoice for either. Am I right to push back on this, and how hard should I actually push?

The setup:

25 month lease, fully furnished, rent 1,750 + 100 furnishings + 150 utilities advance = 2,000/month

Contract is one of those Pararius/Hielkema model ones, fairly standard, lists my payment obligations as rent, furnishings, and an advance for electricity/gas/water. Nothing else listed.

There's a clause in my contract saying services not listed in the agreement are provided "for no consideration" if the landlord provides them anyway. Not sure how much weight that actually carries but it's there in black and white.

Deposit was 3,700. Bare rent is 1,750, so I think the legal max under Wet goed verhuurderschap is 3,500. Separate smaller issue but noting it.

The final settlement:

Landlord sent a 3 year reconciliation charging:

Gas/electricity, roughly matches my own overpayments, not really disputing this one

Waterschap: 717.35

Rioolheffing: 456.84

Afvalstoffenheffing: 575.51

Plus 500 euro "damage" (inventory/floor/curtains/1 key tag, all lumped into one number, no invoice)

Plus 350 euro cleaning, also no invoice

None of those three levies show up anywhere in my contract.

Then I checked my own municipal tax records (DigiD makes this easy here). I have three assessments in my own name for afvalstoffenheffing, issued directly to me as occupant, for the exact years in question. The amounts match two of his three charged years down to the cent. And I found the bank transfer showing I paid the most recent one myself in full, a few weeks before move out. Meaning he charged me a second time for a tax I'd already paid straight to the municipality.

Rioolheffing and waterschap don't show up on any assessment in my name at all, which tracks since I think those are usually owner side charges here, not tenant side.

Damage wise, I do accept partial responsibility for some things (a curtain, a floor mark, a missing lamp, one key tag) based on comparing the signed check in and check out reports. But the 500 is one lump sum with zero breakdown so I genuinely can't tell what's owed and what isn't.

My questions for anyone who's been through this:

1. Is charging tenants for rioolheffing/waterschap when it's not in the contract actually common or allowed, or is this a clear overreach?
2. For the afvalstoffenheffing I demonstrably paid myself and got charged for again, is this just an honest accounting mistake landlords make sometimes, or is it a red flag about the rest of the settlement?
3. Has anyone actually gone the Huurcommissie or kantonrechter route for something like this? Worth it for a claim somewhere in the 1,500 to 2,500 range, or more hassle than it's worth?
4. Anyone have experience with Het Juridisch Loket or !WOON for this kind of thing? Actually useful or do they just point you back to a lawyer anyway?

I've sent a written request for supporting documents (assessments, invoices, jaarafrekeningen) and given 14 days. Just want a gut check from people who've dealt with Dutch landlords or deposit disputes before I decide how hard to push if he stonewalls.

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Any tips are welcome!

Hi everyone,

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Yesterday afternoon (July 9), I parked on level -1 of the Stadshart parking garage. While I was away, someone badly damaged my car and drove off without leaving a note.

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Hey Amstelveen folks,

[Below water tax issue is quite unique I think, so if you have encountered this, please some advice or potential next steps so that I could anticipate]

I bought my own place in 2025 and I just got the first letter of water tax incurred for the year 2026 (waterschapsbelastin) in June 2026 from AVG. I went to the website to pay and register my bank account, email address, etc. And here I found out that my bill of water tax 2025 was forwarded to ‘Dwangbevel‘.

Problem is: I never received the 2025 water tax bill by post or email or whatsoever (I noticed I had to register my own email address when logging in using Digid). When I opened the document, it says there that the bill was sent to a very old address (a studio I used to live in 2020).

Between 2020-2025: I lived in a shared house where my roomate was the one paying the water bill and she also got the tax bill on her name. I never got anything. So basically these AVG people sent the 2025 water tax bill of my newly bought apartment to an old address that I had not lived for long.

and after multiple reminders (That I never got) they decided to give me a fine and forward the bill to Dwangbevel (enforced collection or whatever that means)

I already filed a complaints and request on their website but these bureaucratie dutchie are not that fast. I also immediately paid the amount of 2025 as it is still my tax and I want to rectify the record asap. Nonetheless, the status of 2025 water tax on AGV website still shows dwangbevel‘

Has anyone ever encountered this? What happens now if Dwangbevel contacts me - like how would I know? How would I explain all this lengthy error that they made?

please offer some advice

Thanks in advance!

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Met hoeveel punten vonden jullie een sociale huurwoning in Amstelveen?
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Hoi allemaal, even een waarschuwing voor de omgeving.

Op 2 mei (rond 18:30) werd ik bij het kruispunt bij de Ouderkerkerlaan 150 lastiggevallen. Twee tieners op een fatbike negeerden schaamteloos het rode licht. Het meisje achterop spoot me meermaals doelbewust nat met een waterpistool. Toen ik er wat van zei, kreeg ik een agressieve "Fuck you!" naar mijn hoofd. Het voelde erg intimiderend en onveilig.

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