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How safe is Online Bidding and Online Bidding systems for home seekers really?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Sep 5, 2024

In this earlier article (from May 2022) of ours, you already read that Online Bidding Systems and the Online Bidding Procedure is actually false security. For example, with the NVM's online bidding system with closing date+time, the selling broker can simply see the...

Why are there no rulings from the Real Estate Disciplinary Committee on unfair bidding practices?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Sep 5, 2024

There is much to do about unfair bidding practices by real estate agents. On the website of Dispute Committee, anyone can read the rulings of the Disciplinary Committee for Real Estate Professionals regarding, among other things, wrongdoing by brokers. These are then...

The solution to the shortage of rental housing in the Netherlands

by Floris van Kuijeren | Aug 25, 2024

In this earlier article you already read why the Affordable Rent Act is not working. But also in our article "The Deadly Injection of the Rental Market," we already neatly outlined that.In this article, I dish out a few ideas for solutions to solve the huge housing...

Why the Affordable Rent Act isn’t working

by Floris van Kuijeren | Aug 25, 2024

Since 1979, the Netherlands has had the housing valuation system, a system that determines the maximum rent you can ask for a property. This ensures that the rent is limited to a certain limit. Tenants have since that time had the option of challenging excessive rents...

Can you avoid rent protection if the tenant temporarily does not rent and then returns?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Apr 22, 2024

Many landlords want to prevent tenants from getting rent protection and therefore being able to stay in the property for life. If you want to temporarily rent out your own home, a lease with a diplomatic clause may be a solution. By the way, it is not a requirement...

The lethal injection of the (rental) market

by Floris van Kuijeren | Feb 1, 2024

You may be wondering how on earth it is still possible for rental properties to be offered for rent. Surely we all agreed that the rental market should simply cease to exist? Everyone should just buy a condo. Whether they earn enough or not. Not enough income to buy?...

Why does my energy label differ from my energy index and how can I fix it?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Jan 23, 2024

Your home may be one of those unique cases where you have an energy label with one letter as well as an energy index with a completely different letter. For example, you have energy label B on your house, but you also have and energy index with a score A. How on earth...

As a broker or appraiser, how to decipher a complicated soil report?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Jan 23, 2024

Anyone who has ever appraised or purchased something in a big city will not be unfamiliar; the soil report you get in front of you is 1 big incomprehensible piece of text more than 50 pages long. You want to buy or appraise that property, and you, as a real estate...

What should you do if it is not clear in the soil report whether remediation has taken place?

by Floris van Kuijeren | Jan 23, 2024

If the soil report states that remediation must take place, a BUS notification has been required since 2007. After that, there should have been remediation. But to know for sure if this has occurred, a remediation evaluation must have taken place. Where it often goes...

Oil tanks in the Garden: Risks, Disposal and Pollution

by Floris van Kuijeren | Jan 23, 2024

There may still be an oil tank in your or your neighbor's yard. We call these tanks "hbo tanks. HBO stands for "home heating oil. These tanks pose a major threat to soil quality on your plot and surrounding plots. Old tanks can leak and oil is a substance that can...