I’m Jan, and I handle your case
I’m Jan Louwers LL.M., a legal specialist in Dutch rent law and the founder of Huurfix. I handle your case from your huurprijscheck to the end, with your landlord and, if needed, at the Huurcommissie.
- Opleiding
Bachelor’s and master’s degree in Dutch law, Maastricht University
- Specialisme
The points system, officially the woningwaarderingsstelsel (WWS)
- Huurfix
Founded in January 2025, for tenants across the Netherlands
My story
After my studies I focused on one subject: the points system that decides what your maximum rent can be. That’s exactly where the difference lies between a rent reduction and none.
In 2021, while I was still studying, friends kept asking me to look at their tenancy agreements. Every time it turned out the same: they were paying too much without knowing it. In January 2025 I turned it into Huurfix, and now I help tenants across the Netherlands.
Emir, Ronald, Veerleand many others went before youWhat you can expect from me
- I handle your case and stand behind it with my own name.
- I keep you informed throughout.
- I’m honest upfront: if I can’t do anything for you, I’ll tell you.
- You pay afterwards, only once your landlord has agreed to my proposal or the Huurcommissie has ruled that your rent goes down.
More about who I am, what it costs and how I work: Is Huurfix trustworthy?
Where it often goes wrong
Most tenants, and to be honest many landlords too, miss points you only see if you know the system inside out. Anyone who misses such a point leaves money on the table. Three examples:
Since the Affordable Rent Act of 1 July 2024, only an energy label that is valid on the reference date counts, the date that is decisive for your case. If there’s no valid label on that date, the year of construction counts, even if EP-Online does show a label. And a simplified energy label doesn’t count, even if it looks valid in EP-Online.
If a building hasn’t been split in the land registry, meaning it hasn’t officially been divided into separate homes, you don’t use the full WOZ value. You divide it by the floor area listed with the WOZ and multiply it by your actual square metres. That isn’t clearly stated anywhere, so it often goes wrong.
If a building hasn’t been split in the land registry, even a valid energy label often doesn’t count. If the floor area on the label differs from your home, the label isn’t representative of your home.
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