5 rules of its own

Property rules in Schiermonnikoog

What applies in Schiermonnikoog to buying, letting and splitting a property? The national rules and the municipality's own rules, with the source and the date. We assume a property you do not live in yourself.

What applies in Schiermonnikoog

By topic. The rules of the municipality and the region are shown in full, the national ones in short. A short rule links to the full text and its source.

Buying

Opkoopbescherming

Municipality of Schiermonnikoog

A municipality can ban letting a lower-priced home in designated neighbourhoods during the first years after purchase. With a permit it is sometimes allowed.

Price limit
€593,000 (WOZ-waarde)This amount moves with an index every year, so today it is higher.
Length of the ban
4 years after registration of the deed of purchase
Letting ban
Ban, everywhereExceptions: letting to family in the first or second degree; you lived there yourself first; the home is part of a shop or business premises; with a permit from the municipality

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Gemeente Schiermonnikoog 2024-2028, Artikel 23 · valid from 11 March 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Beschermde woonruimte wordt alleen verhuurd met een verhuurvergunning opkoopbescherming gedurende de periode van vier jaren na de datum van inschrijving in de openbare registers.
  • Btw bij nieuwbouwNational
    • VAT: 21% of the purchase price, already included in the price
    Full rule and source
  • OverdrachtsbelastingNational
    • Home, not your main residence: 8% of the purchase price
    • Not a home: 10.4% of the purchase price

    Will you live there yourself? Then other rules apply. Read the official rules

    Full rule and source

Owning

Onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB)

Municipality of Schiermonnikoog

Annual municipal tax on the WOZ value. The owner pays it, and for property other than a home the user pays a share too.

Home
0.105% of the WOZ-waarde
Not a home
0.2379% of the WOZ-waarde
Not a home
0.1914% of the WOZ-waarde

Source: Verordening op de heffing en invordering onroerendezaakbelastingen Schiermonnikoog 2026, Artikel 5 · valid from 30 December 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het tarief van de belasting bedraagt een percentage van de heffingsmaatstaf. Het percentage bedraagt voor: A. de gebruikersbelasting 0,1914% B. bij de eigenarenbelasting: 1. voor onroerende zaken die in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,1050%; 2. voor onroerende zaken die niet in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,2379%.

Letting

  • Huurprijsbescherming (puntenstelsel)National
    • Social rent, points limit: 143 points
    • Social rent, highest rent: €932.93 per monthThe upper limit for social rent in 2026.
    • Mid-market rent, points limit: 186 points
    • Mid-market rent, highest rent: €1,228.07 per monthThe liberalisation limit in 2026: the top of mid-market rent.
    Full rule and source
  • Wet goed verhuurderschapNational
    Full rule and source

Short-term rental

Toeristenbelasting

Municipality of Schiermonnikoog

Tax per overnight stay that the municipality charges. You pay it to the municipality and can pass it on to your guests.

Per person per night
€2.06 per person per night

Source: Verordening op de heffing en invordering Toeristenbelasting Schiermonnikoog 2026, Artikel 8 · valid from 2 December 2025 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
bij een daaropvolgend langer verblijf € 2,06 per persoon per overnachting.

Alterations and use

Splitsen en omzetten

Municipality of Schiermonnikoog

A municipal permit to split a home, convert it into rooms or create additional homes.

Conversion
Permit required, everywhere
Creating additional homes
Permit required, everywhere
Splitting
Permit required, everywhere

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Gemeente Schiermonnikoog 2024-2028, Artikel 13 · valid from 11 March 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Woonruimten gelegen in de gemeente Schiermonnikoog mogen niet zonder vergunning als bedoeld in artikel 21 van de wet:

Onttrekken en samenvoegen

Municipality of Schiermonnikoog

A municipal permit to give a home another use or to merge homes.

Withdrawal
Permit required, everywhere
Merging
Permit required, everywhere

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Gemeente Schiermonnikoog 2024-2028, Artikel 12 · valid from 11 March 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Dit hoofdstuk is van toepassing op zelfstandige woonruimte binnen het grondgebied van de gemeente Schiermonnikoog

Selling

Coming up

Proposals and rules with a later start date. They do not apply yet and are not counted anywhere.

Selling

What we read for Schiermonnikoog

Per rule: found, read without finding it, or not researched yet. Not found does not mean the rule does not exist.

The fixed questions for Schiermonnikoog

The same questions for every municipality, so you can compare them. Choose a question to see every municipality.

QuestionIn Schiermonnikoog
May you let short term?Not researched
How many nights a year may you let short term?Not researched
How much tourist tax do you pay per night?€2.06 per person per night
Do you need a permit to let?Not found in the source
Is the level of the rent regulated?In the whole municipality
How much transfer tax do you pay?8% of the purchase price
How much VAT do you pay on a new home?21% of the purchase price, already included in the price
Is there buy-to-let protection?In the whole municipality4 years, €593,000 (WOZ-waarde)
What is the OZB rate?0.105% of the WOZ-waarde
Do you need a permit to split a home or let rooms?In the whole municipality
Do you pay tax on the gain when you sell?Resident 0%, non-resident 0%Change coming

This is a summary of the official rules, with the source. Read the source before you decide. It is not legal or tax advice.

Updated on 16 October 2026. As of 17 October 2026.

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