[svandamme]

gave landlord dude a call.

he came up with some rather liberal interpretation of the law... then i proceeded to make firewood of his arguments and the methods he used to get his rent increase...

At some points there was audible frustration on his end of the phone... and i explained to him that really, there's no rent increase, and if he wants a rent increase,
he'll have to work harder, and perhaps try and get it via de 'vrede rechter" ( our version of judge Judy) , but that chances of success are rather low since the vrederechter need to see a 20% value increase in the property, and that the common knowledge is they don't usually favour the landlords , especially not in these kinds of situations (house converted to appartments), sent some some more arguments for the stove....

Then he said, well, i'll do that, and you'll hear from me in a few months..
That's fine, i'm looking forward to it.

Sis is up for a social flat, so with some luck she'll be long gone by then.. I was just fighting it because A 30 euro's a month is a lot of money for her B out of principle because he used douchebag tactics on somebody who can't defend himself


He hung up, and 30 minutes later, calls me to let me know, he contacted his lawyer, and the rent is ok to stay as it was... but he'll get everything in ordere, to get the rent increase the right way..


His lawyer probably said something like " your are dumbass, off course you can't demand a rent increase like that.. what were you thinking, that'll be 100 euro's, i'll send you the bill"