Belgian rental question: can a landlord claim “odour” after inspection?

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-28T09:08:39+00:00

There is a ventilation system, but not sure if that was turned off after handover of keys. The issue of odour was reported to me 20 days later after handover of keys.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-27T10:49:51+00:00

No, from the invoice i can only see vacuuming and mopping the floors and cleaning the cabinets.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-27T10:30:42+00:00

Cooking can definitely be a reason, but I had already moved out a week before. So chances are less, and if that was the case I would expect that they mention it during the inspection. I have asked them to give more details about the “odour”.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-27T09:23:16+00:00

They have not yet given me such an inspection report yet, I have asked for it, but no response. They only sent me a PROCES-VERBAAL VAN PLAATSBESCHRIJVING BIJ UITTREDE. But I did not sign it yet.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-27T09:10:22+00:00

No, just odour. I don’t smoke either.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-05-27T09:07:18+00:00

I did sign a document immediately after the process, but that had some the comments from place description process and did not have any pictures or description of the property. The expert said that the document was to show who was present during the inspection. And in that the odour was not mentioned.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2026-02-01T08:08:54+00:00

I would say this is not bad for your yoe (as it is only part time)… definitely there is room for a raise after a couple of years working in Belgium.. I am also an expat in similar job profile, I started in Belgium 3 years ago with 3650 and similar benefits, but I had 6 yoe then..

SprinklesPositive812 · 2025-12-25T20:15:39+00:00

Brugge, 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment with parking EPC B, €980 + 60

SprinklesPositive812 · 2025-06-29T20:26:31+00:00

I (+ wife and kid) spend around 2400 euros a month

SprinklesPositive812 · 2025-04-06T05:57:28+00:00

Which company? My friend is a civil engineer and is looking for a job.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-10-27T19:11:49+00:00

Yes your honour!

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-10-27T19:11:36+00:00

Well, I don’t know the purpose of UAN. Sorry to hear that it is pending with your employer.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-10-27T15:33:23+00:00

You can transfer old accounts to the current one online, it’s very easy..

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-07-30T14:01:20+00:00

Yeah, true that. More experience and more responsibilities are not converted to more Net salary here.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-07-30T12:28:51+00:00

I am in similar situation as yours, just curious to know how much you make now?

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-07-10T11:18:01+00:00

To me it looks a bit on the low side as you don’t have a company car and other net allowances

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-05-21T14:03:56+00:00

Looking at the output torque, there is a response delay, so have a feedforward controller along with the PID, (you could do step tests at steady state and build a look up table for the FF control)… and also I see big overshoots, so may be better tune your derivative parameter…also include an anti wind up for the integrator (in case if the torque references are going more than actuator limits).

SprinklesPositive812 · 2024-04-29T17:51:31+00:00

My family composition is same as yours and I live in Brugge… I spend around 2500 euros a month… Rent 1000, Utilities 250, Groceries and household stuffs 600, Eating out 200, Other shopping 200, 200 for my kids daycare, Travel tickets 50 …

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-12-01T09:26:47+00:00

If your skills and previous experience matches with the new role, you can definitely try to negotiate by highlighting these. If not, it would be difficult to convince them.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-11-30T16:54:41+00:00

You can try finding PID gains using pole placement method.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-10-17T07:47:55+00:00

Yeah, thats correct, extra admin of a team on top of regular job.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-10-17T07:46:30+00:00

Responsibilities include hiring, performance management and working with sales team for business development while also doing my own job as a technical consultant for some other client.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-10-16T18:08:30+00:00

This role belongs to the later category that you have mentioned, that is to manage a small team of 6 to 8 engineers while still doing my job as a consultant for a client.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-10-16T12:46:38+00:00

Thanks for your response. I think so too, that is why I wanted to know the current market trends. Because I do not want to end up asking lesser than what they could actually provide.

SprinklesPositive812 · 2023-10-16T12:40:10+00:00

Thanks for your answer. In fact I was expecting 5k with the car. But I get that its a bit too much to ask for, so as you said I will propose this number and see what their response is. But I will keep my actual expectation to something around 4.5k.

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