5 rules of its own

Property rules in Leidschendam-Voorburg

What applies in Leidschendam-Voorburg 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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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
€470,000 (WOZ-waarde)The cost limit of the Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG) in 2026.
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 Leidschendam-Voorburg 2023, Artikel 5:12 · valid from 16 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Artikel 41, eerste lid, van de Huisvestingswet 2014 is van toepassing op zelfstandige woonruimten met de volgende kenmerken: gelegen in een van de wijken van de gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg; met een WOZ-waarde lager of gelijk aan de NHG-kostengrens, geldend voor het jaar waarin de datum van inschrijving van het openbare register van de akte van levering van die woonruimte aan nieuwe eigenaar valt
  • 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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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
0.0668% of the WOZ-waarde
Not a home
0.4912% of the WOZ-waarde

Source: Verordening op de heffing en invordering van de onroerende-zaakbelastingen Leidschendam-Voorburg 2026, Artikel 5 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het percentage bedraagt voor: de gebruikersbelasting: voor onroerende zaken, die niet in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,00000 % de eigenarenbelasting: voor onroerende zaken, die in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,06679% voor onroerende zaken, die niet in hoofdzaak tot woning dienen 0,49117%

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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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

Hotel
€6.55 per person per night
Other accommodation
€2 per person per night

Source: Verordening op de heffing en invordering van Toeristenbelasting 2026, Artikel 5 · valid from 1 January 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Het tarief bedraagt per persoon, per overnachting voor een hotel € 6,55

Alterations and use

Splitsen en omzetten

Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg

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 Leidschendam-Voorburg 2023, Artikel 5:1 · valid from 16 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Artikel 21 van de Huisvestingswet 2014 is van toepassing op alle zelfstandige woonruimten behorend tot een gebouw of gedeelten daarvan gelegen binnen de gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg.

Onttrekken en samenvoegen

Municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg

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

Withdrawal
Permit required, everywhere
Merging
Permit required, everywhere

Source: Huisvestingsverordening Leidschendam-Voorburg 2023, Artikel 8:4 · valid from 16 July 2026 · updated on 16 October 2026

Quote from the source
Op grond van artikel 21 van de Huisvestingswet is in deze huisvestingsverordening bepaald dat het verboden is om woonruimte geheel of gedeeltelijk aan de bestemming tot bewoning te onttrekken, met andere woonruimte samen te voegen, van zelfstandige in onzelfstandige woonruimte om te zetten of te verbouwen tot twee of meer woonruimten zonder vergunning van burgemeester en wethouders.

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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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 Leidschendam-Voorburg

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

QuestionIn Leidschendam-Voorburg
May you let short term?Not found in the source
How many nights a year may you let short term?Not found in the source
How much tourist tax do you pay per night?€6.55 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, €470,000 (WOZ-waarde)
What is the OZB rate?0.0668% 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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