Real Estate Law

Deal or no deal? Agreeing on the essentials of the purchase agreement That a deal is not always a deal, you could read earlier in our blog about the drunk buyer of a golf course. That deal was not valid due to drunkenness. From a Rotterdam District Court ruling published today (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2025:7289), even the...

Reliance on sustainable own use by landlord business premises due to renovation: does it hold? The lease of 290 business premises can be terminated by the lessor due to sustainable own use. Based on Section 7:296 (1) (b) of the Dutch Civil Code, this includes renovation of the business premises. For the termination due to permanent own use, the...

Court of Appeal finds expiry period in AGM2013 unfair Late in 2024, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2024:3490) made an interesting ruling the use of expiry periods in general terms and conditions in building contracts. In this case, a consumer and a contractor had concluded a building contract for the construction of a house. On this, the so-called General Conditions for Contracting Work 2013...

Storage as living space: is it allowed under the VvE rules? Suppose you have a home in an apartment building and a storage room in the attic. Can you use that storage room as an extra bedroom or study? Of course, that would be beneficial: you create additional living space, the value of your apartment increases because the living space is...

Replacement authorization in the pocket! But now what? It all seems quite simple. In fact, the law is quite clear about substitute authorization in the CoE. Because if you are a member of an MoU need to perform an act that requires permission from the meeting, you can get that permission from the court. The...

Old-age clause in home purchase When buying or selling a home, it is important to be mindful of the parties' risk allocation. A common (but not standard) provision in purchase agreements of older homes is the so-called age clause. But what exactly does this clause entail? And how far does the protection it affords to...