Greetings
I am off to the Wijksteunpunt Wonen this evening to talk about this but I would like to collect any opinions around also.
We were on good terms with our landlords in the beginning. The apartment is nice enough, price seems about fair. Our contract includes 50 eur monthly for "cleaning" with no further details. In the beginning they were calling us to arrange the visits etc so that we could make sure we find a suitable time for everyone.
Anyway, some months back they gave us written notice that our rental contract was ending. I had already spoken to them over the phone two months before that, and advised them we would be staying longer. They were happy and had no objection. So I replied to their written notice and called them multiple times to sort out the misunderstanding. That was the beginning of the whole mess. They did not want to extend our lease.
After multiple visits to the Huurteam and a fair amount of stress, we advised them we were staying and that was that. Later they came back with more rubbish, pretending we had to "give back" the storage room that they had "kindly let us use", that it "was not included in the lease" and so on. Utter nonsense as the storage clearly belongs with apartment and they gave us the key etc which means it is ours.
They stopped answering our calls or retuning them, and stopped calling us to arrange the cleaning visits. Instead they started scheduling the visits whenever they felt like, and advising us by email only, at the very last minute, of those visits. Meaning there are some misses and we sometimes are not home and not able to let the cleaners in. Then they complain when that happens!
We started a Huurcommissie procedure against them as a way to show them we are not the kind to just back down and comply with their every nonsensical wish. The hearing was out of this world: she unveiled a huge list of complaints about the state of the apartment, trying to make it sound like the place was filthy and that we'd broken everything. We denied the accusations fully. She almost made complaints about my wife having a very tiny temple, burning incense, cooking spicy foods, all of which is none of her business and bordering on racism - discrimination.
Huurcommissie verdict arrived last week : no change, same rent price, same charges. Now they feel empowered and are back on the offensive, telling us again that we need to leave the apartment ( using an old email from 1 year ago as justification, where I did indeed state that we wanted to "take the extension until 31-April-12" - and completely ignoring all the following communication that stated the contract was in fact of unlimited duration as per Dutch law ).
Now they want to arrange an "inspection" of the apartment in a few weeks, throwing around a huge list of ludicrous complaints ( supposedly we have broken the shower - dented the sink - there are mice in the apartment - etc - all of it being of course utter rubbish ).
My guess is they want to make a case that we are bad tenants and make us leave that way. What can we do to protect ourselves against it? Where could we turn to obtain an impartial inspection of the apartment? The Huurcommissie guy already came to shortlist the contents - size - etc and estimate the value, but do they deal with this kind of general complaints? Can we refuse their inspection or do we actually have to allow them into our home? I know the landlord is allowed to enter in case of emergency or necessary maintenance ( giving proper notice ), but in such a case?
What we are currently planning is to refuse any further visits from their cleaners and to advise we will not leave at the end of April. Would the law be on our side on this?
Their behavior is causing us an incredible amount of stress and is beginning to seriously interfere with our professional lives. All we ask is to be left in peace and allowed to live in our apartment. We have begun to wonder if we have a case for harassment.
Most stupid thing in all of this : we are actually house hunting for a place a buy - if they would just wait and leave us alone we'd probably be gone within the year! Instead we are here stressing & looking into laws / complaints & such rubbish.
Anyway, any suggestions welcome.
Dude .. (not meaning to offend) but yáll just need to move. 
No kidding .. geesh no apartment rental is worth all THAT grief and ... you are NEVER gonna get the last few months of your life back!
I think on the one side you said you wanted to stay 'longer' and they were fine with that .. until something changed in their situation so then months later they decided they did not want you to stay 'longer'. Hey, they have the right to change their mind. That's life. Things changed. It's not like you signed a new lease and THEN they changed their mind - Right?
(So at that moment you should have expressed your surprise and negociated a little more time on the rental... because you are trying to buy a house. Btw - this is a 'Buyers Market' so it's not gonna take a year to find a house. They are throwing mortgages at people these days. 
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So I really don't think you can hold them to this.
But hey, you've fought a fight that I would never have fight because ... as you see ... even if you win your case ... you still lose the situation as that landlord is gonna harrass the heck out of you until you leave.
Sorry, I don't care what piece of paper lease contract you signed, you can never WIN when you are living in someone's .. well, you are living in someone elses property. They can dream up anything they want .. if they want you out. You need to buy your own place (and don't rent it out because you see what can happen!! Hey, you might get a renter like yourself and then your money is gonna get all messed up). 
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So it gets down to whether you want to WIN or whether you want to LIVE. Because you are not gonna be able to have both in that property.
I say ... cut your losses and move in with friends or into a cheap 'room' until you find a house ... and be done with it.
Live your life!
(On the other hand - this is another reason I would never rent out my property. Never.. because if you ever want them out of your property and you tell them so when the lease ends ... but they don't want to leave ... they will dig in and try to live there ... indefinitely. Dutch Law.)
Sorry to say but move on, try to find another appartment instead of wasting your time with these people .
Dont mind,but this is not India, these goras has no emmootions and will not understand improtance of temple at home . law will not be with you as there was only verbal communication. Best is brother look for another apparment for 1 year and look for ur own property.What is ur budget i can suggest makelaar ...
BTW did u give them security deposit ????
