Apartments and flats for Rent in Vijfheerenlanden

An apartment for rent in Vijfheerenlanden usually means a flat in Vianen or Leerdam, the two towns of a municipality created in 2019 from Vianen, Leerdam and Zederik and now the southern edge of Utrecht province. Based on over 200 apartment listings tracked by RentHunter in Vijfheerenlanden since February 2024, the average rent is €1,187 a month, with 80% of listings between €608 and €1,700. The average apartment in Utrecht costs €1,724, so the same search here comes out 31% cheaper.

Apartments in Vijfheerenlanden are mid-sized: the average listing measures 64 m², 35% of listings mention a balcony and 24% mention parking. Parking matters in a municipality where the A2 and A27 motorways meet at the Everdingen junction. Furnished flats make up 40% of listings, a high share for a place where 10% of listings target expats.

Getting around decides which town suits you. Vianen lies just south of the Lek, opposite Nieuwegein, with buses over the river towards Utrecht. Leerdam has its own railway station on the line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. The villages of the former Zederik, such as Meerkerk and Lexmond, depend on the car or the bus, and that is where the 24% of listings with parking count most.

Apartments in Vijfheerenlanden differ on three points that set the monthly rent: furnished or not, the number of bedrooms and the type of lease. The figures below come from the same listings and show where the money goes.

Furnished apartments make up 40% of the listings in Vijfheerenlanden, so a flat with a bed, a sofa and kitchen equipment is easy to find. They suit people moving for a job in Utrecht or the region who arrive with a suitcase, and the 10% of expat-targeted listings show that landlords do advertise to that group.

The other 60% are unfurnished or gestoffeerd. Gestoffeerd means the flat comes with floors, curtains and light fittings but no furniture, the usual standard for long leases in the Netherlands. For a wider choice of furnished stock just across the Lek, compare with furnished apartments in Nieuwegein.

Rents in Vijfheerenlanden rise slowly with each extra bedroom. One-bedroom apartments average €1,146 a month across 137 listings, two-bedroom apartments €1,272 across 79 listings and three-bedroom apartments €1,424 across 22 listings.

The step from one to two bedrooms costs about €126 a month, so a second room for a home office or a child stays affordable compared with Utrecht. With an average of 64 m², a typical listing is a flat with a living room and one or two bedrooms rather than a studio.

Rental flats in Vijfheerenlanden are let on an open-ended lease by default, the rule for new contracts in the Netherlands since 1 July 2024, with exceptions such as student and youth contracts. Short-term furnished flats still appear, but a fixed term is only possible in those exceptions, so check the contract type before you sign.

Student-targeted listings are 8% of the total, which fits a municipality with no university or college campus of its own. Most tenants work in the region, which is why the expat share, 10%, is slightly higher than the student share.

• Vianen: historic centre by the Lekpoort Vianen is the northern town of Vijfheerenlanden, with a historic centre along the Voorstraat that ends at the Lekpoort city gate. Apartments here suit people working in Utrecht or Nieuwegein, since buses cross the Lek to both and the A2 runs past the town.
• Leerdam: glass town with its own station Leerdam is known as the Dutch glass town, home to the Nationaal Glasmuseum and a glass factory that still operates, and its station lies on the line to Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. Flats around the centre and the station suit renters who want to commute by train without a car.
• Meerkerk and Lexmond: villages of former Zederik Meerkerk and Lexmond are villages of the former municipality of Zederik, between Vianen and Gorinchem, where most homes are houses and apartments are scarce. They suit couples and small families with a car, since the bus is the only public transport there.
• Ameide and Hagestein: living on the Lek dike Ameide and Hagestein sit along the Lek dike, with river views and a slower pace than Vianen. Apartments there only come up now and then, so search rentals across Vijfheerenlanden rather than in one village.

Commuting from Vijfheerenlanden starts with choosing the right town, because the municipality has one railway station, in Leerdam, while Vianen relies on buses and the motorway. From Vianen, buses cross the Lek to Nieuwegein and Utrecht, and the A2 runs north to Utrecht and Amsterdam.

From Leerdam, trains run east to Geldermalsen, where you change for Utrecht or 's-Hertogenbosch, and west to Gorinchem and Dordrecht. From the villages in the middle of the municipality, the trip begins with a bus or bike ride to Vianen or Leerdam, which adds time to any journey towards Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Den Haag.

If your job is in Utrecht and the bus is not enough, the towns across the river are the alternative: compare apartments in Nieuwegein and apartments in IJsselstein, both on the Utrecht tram line.

Apartment rents in Vijfheerenlanden average €1,187 a month, and 80% of listings ask between €608 and €1,700. Since one-bedroom flats average €1,146 and three-bedroom flats €1,424, that wide spread owes more to size, condition and furnishing than to the number of bedrooms. A luxury apartment is the exception here, so a flat at the top of the range usually means a newer building or a larger floor plan.

Deposits average 1.3 months of rent, below the legal cap of two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023. A makelaar working for the landlord may not charge you a fee, so you can refuse a bill for contract costs from the landlord's agent. Ask for proof of income, usually three to four times the rent, early, since landlords in the region often pick the first complete application.

Registration is the step to check: 61% of listings state that you can register at the address, which you need for a BSN, healthcare and benefits. You register with the municipality within 5 days of moving, online with DigiD if you move within the Netherlands, or by appointment if you arrive from abroad. Pets are allowed in 5% of listings and gardens appear in 11%, so dog owners will find more choice among houses for rent in Vijfheerenlanden.