Thank you very much, very informative and helpful. Two points only: in the beginning of the video, you mentioned short term lease being up to 2 years, but later in the examples for the penalties you are referring to 3 years, again for short-term lease. Is this flexible? So can short term lease be up to 2 or 3 years? This can cause some confusion to a newcomer - how do we know if a contract is short- or long-term lease? Is this something stated clearly in the contract? As a different "type" of contract? Or does it only depend on the duration? (so short-term up to 2/3 years, long-term anything above that). In this case it would be good to clarify if the limit is 2 or 3 years. From my (very limited) experience, landlords and estate agents usually (at least for the Brussels area) offer 1 year renewable contracts. This would mean a short-term lease, is this correct? Following this, is there an advantage or a disadvantage in choosing a short-term lease, even if you are planning to stay for many years, and keep renewing it every year or every other year? As opposed to choosing a long-term lease from the beginning? Any advice for this would be very useful I think, especially for those who are coming to Belgium for the first time. Another point: when you say "it's not legal" (for the deposit, or for the inventory), this usually means in English that it is actually "illegal", so against the law. So this may give the wrong impression to newcomers that they can dispute this requirement in a court. What I assume you mean, is that "it is not obligatory by law", so it is "not a requirement by law", but it is "a requirement by common practice" (everybody is doing it, so you have to follow). So it would be good to clarify for international audiences that "not legal" means "not required by law", and it does not mean "illegal". Many thanks again!
Thank you. 1)Since the deposit is not legal, is there a proof that the tenant had given that money to the land lord or not? I mean what would prevent the landowner from taking that money and claiming that he had never received it? 2) in a short term lease, you said that if the tenant doesn't give the notice at the end, the lease is automatically extended, is it at the same terms and period of the original lease or has the owner the ability to ask fir extra money or to ask the tenant to leave since the agreed duration has ended. ? Thank you
you don't give the deposit money directly to landlord, but you put it on a security deposit in the bank where neither you nor the landlord can access this money
At the beginning of the video I was like, what if I lose my job and leave Belgium, how can anyone "force" me to pay the 3 month penalty? I have to give 3 months deposit? Oooooh.....
Thank you very much, very informative and helpful.
Two points only: in the beginning of the video, you mentioned short term lease being up to 2 years, but later in the examples for the penalties you are referring to 3 years, again for short-term lease. Is this flexible? So can short term lease be up to 2 or 3 years? This can cause some confusion to a newcomer - how do we know if a contract is short- or long-term lease? Is this something stated clearly in the contract? As a different "type" of contract? Or does it only depend on the duration? (so short-term up to 2/3 years, long-term anything above that). In this case it would be good to clarify if the limit is 2 or 3 years. From my (very limited) experience, landlords and estate agents usually (at least for the Brussels area) offer 1 year renewable contracts. This would mean a short-term lease, is this correct?
Following this, is there an advantage or a disadvantage in choosing a short-term lease, even if you are planning to stay for many years, and keep renewing it every year or every other year? As opposed to choosing a long-term lease from the beginning? Any advice for this would be very useful I think, especially for those who are coming to Belgium for the first time.
Another point: when you say "it's not legal" (for the deposit, or for the inventory), this usually means in English that it is actually "illegal", so against the law. So this may give the wrong impression to newcomers that they can dispute this requirement in a court. What I assume you mean, is that "it is not obligatory by law", so it is "not a requirement by law", but it is "a requirement by common practice" (everybody is doing it, so you have to follow). So it would be good to clarify for international audiences that "not legal" means "not required by law", and it does not mean "illegal".
Many thanks again!
I am curious of the requirements when moving inot and leaving a sharehouse if anyone has any experience with this?
Thank you. Very informative :)
What about the tax in Belgium
Thank you. 1)Since the deposit is not legal, is there a proof that the tenant had given that money to the land lord or not? I mean what would prevent the landowner from taking that money and claiming that he had never received it? 2) in a short term lease, you said that if the tenant doesn't give the notice at the end, the lease is automatically extended, is it at the same terms and period of the original lease or has the owner the ability to ask fir extra money or to ask the tenant to leave since the agreed duration has ended. ? Thank you
you don't give the deposit money directly to landlord, but you put it on a security deposit in the bank where neither you nor the landlord can access this money
Can someone rent an apartment with working permit without document
but deposit is legal, why are you saying it's not legal? it is not compulsory from what I know, but it is legal
I think he's saying it's not a legal requirement- I agree this should've been clarified by an native-language English speaker before publishing.
At the beginning of the video I was like, what if I lose my job and leave Belgium, how can anyone "force" me to pay the 3 month penalty? I have to give 3 months deposit? Oooooh.....