Objecting to your WOZ value in Houten

Think the WOZ value of your home in Houten is too high? You can object yourself, free of charge, without an agency. Below you find where your objection letter must go and how much time you have.

WOZ figures for Houten

Average WOZ value: € 585.000
Housing-market change: 11,5%
Homes under objection: 3,2%
Homes in the WOZ register: 21.218
Overall rating: 3 of 5

The average WOZ value of homes in Houten is € 585.000 for tax year 2026 (provisional, reference date 1 January 2025). In tax year 2025 it was € 526.000. The housing-market change is 11,5%, above the national change of 10,6% (tax year 2026, Waarderingskamer). That is well above the national average of € 439.000.

In tax year 2025, objections covered 3,2% of homes, about the same as the national share of 3,3%.

For tax year 2026 the average WOZ value of homes in the neighbouring municipalities is € 428.000 in Nieuwegein, € 452.000 in Vijfheerenlanden, € 471.000 in Culemborg, € 511.000 in Wijk bij Duurstede, € 548.000 in Utrecht and € 597.000 in Bunnik.

The Waarderingskamer says this rating covers WOZ execution as a whole: a low rating does not automatically mean your WOZ value is wrong, and a high rating does not mean it is right.

Source: average WOZ value: CBS StatLine, table 85036NED, reference date 1 January 2025, retrieved 8 October 2026, licence CC BY 4.0. Market change and objection rate: Waarderingskamer time series, retrieved 8 October 2026. Number of homes and star rating: Waarderingskamer organisation table, retrieved 8 October 2026. Waarderingskamer assessment of Houten

First check whether an objection stands a chance

Compare your WOZ value per m² with similar homes in your street. It takes ten seconds and uses the same public data the municipality uses. If your value is clearly above the street level, you have concrete evidence for your objection.

Check your WOZ value in Houten

Where do you send your objection?

The municipality of Houten has outsourced its municipal taxes to Belastingsamenwerking gemeenten en hoogheemraadschap Utrecht (BghU). Your objection therefore does not go to the town hall, but to:

Belastingsamenwerking gemeenten en hoogheemraadschap Utrecht (BghU)
Postbus 5150
3502 JD Utrecht

You can also file your objection with Belastingsamenwerking gemeenten en hoogheemraadschap Utrecht (BghU) online, usually with DigiD. File the objection digitally

Always check the address against your own WOZ decision. Agencies and postal addresses change occasionally, and an objection sent to the wrong address misses the deadline.

The deadline: six weeks from the decision date

You can object up to six weeks after the date on the WOZ decision. In Houten the decision usually arrives late February, so the deadline runs to early April. Miss it and your objection is declared inadmissible, and its substance no longer matters. Running out of time? Send a pro-forma objection to secure the deadline.

Objecting is free, no agency needed

You do not need a no-cure-no-pay agency to object. The municipality treats your own objection exactly like an agency’s, and filing it yourself costs nothing. This site lets you check your value and produce a complete, legally correct objection letter as a PDF, entirely free.