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Which documents to gather, what a landlord may lawfully ask for, what they may not demand, and how to present your income so your application survives the first cut.
Simple or joint-and-several surety, the scope of the undertaking, its duration, the documents required — and the alternatives when nobody can stand guarantor for you.
Twenty minutes of viewing decide two years of your life. Damp, windows, EPC, heating, meters, noise: what to look at, what to ask, and the warning signs of a rental scam.
What you may legitimately assess (solvency, income stability, references), what you may not ask for, why refusing someone on benefits is unlawful, and how to document a refusal so you can defend it.
No benefit claimants, no foreigners, couples without children: those refusals are unlawful in Belgium. Protected grounds, indirect discrimination, situation testing, the shifted burden of proof — and what a landlord may legitimately assess.