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How do you recognise safe student housing?

A brief checklist for the alert student.

The Flemish rental decree for student rentals

The new Flemish Rental Decree includes a specific regulation for student rentals. It came into force on 1 January 2019. It applies to all leases signed on or after this date.

As the law is very new a lot of landlords will not yet be familiar with it.

The most important stipulations are: rental price and charges, deposit, subletting, no automatic renewal, early termination of the contract.

Everything about your contract: compulsory written contract / model lease

Every lease contract for student accommodation must be concluded in writing. How to recognize a good contract?

Everything about your contract: Can you use your student accommodation during the holiday months if you have a 10-month lease?

Be sure to agree this with your landlord in time! If you have a model lease from Kotweb, the basics for you and your landlord are already specified, namely:

Everything about your contract: House rules

House rules are sometimes included by property owners as a supplement to the lease. These house rules are drawn up by the owner and specify what s/he considers important.

Fire safety in student housing: what must your landlord do, what must/can you do?

Based on the motto 'don't let your student life go up in smoke,' there are a number of measures to prevent fires and together ensure the safety in student accommodation.

What to do with your rubbish?

Old course materials, leftover spaghetti or empty bottles after a party. Where should a student go with all their rubbish?

Burglary protection

We would like to give you some useful tips from the police to prevent burglary:

Insurance

Is fire insurance useful and who should provide it, you or your landlord? A brief guide.

What to do in case of rental conflicts?

We hope that it never happens to you, but what do you do if you get into a dispute with your landlord? We try to help you find a solution.

Prevent CO poisoning

Useful tips.

Party in your digs? Some things to check in advance!

Parties in student accommodation are not prohibited by the city. But if you organise a party, you are actually considered an event organiser. This means you are responsible for anything that could possibly go wrong.

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