Real Estate Law

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...

Landlords beware! Consider early warning when a lease is terminated Landlords of housing may find themselves in a situation where tenants are no longer paying the rent on time. Or even stop paying altogether. In such a case, it may be desirable for landlords to terminate the rental agreement. A first step besides collection of the rent claim, is...

Inspection VvE records sometimes also means issuing In various court decisions it has been ruled that the right to inspect VvE records does not necessarily mean a right to issue copies. However, this does not automatically mean that the right to issue copies does not exist anyway. The court decisions in which this has been...

VvE liable for basement leakage? (Part 2 of the blog series ‘Wet Feet’) The consequences of these high groundwater levels are significant. By now we are all familiar with the floods, especially in the south of the Netherlands. Infrastructure also suffers from groundwater: in January 2023, the Vollenhoventunnel on the A28, near...

Judge finds COA the same as a hotel, justified or unjustified? In the middle of last year, the District Court of The Hague (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2024:12605) ruled that the reception of refugees can be equated with operating a hotel. The tenant who first operated a hotel in the building, but then gave it in use to COA (the Central...

Supreme Court: eviction agreement no rent despite agreement on compensation The Supreme Court handed down an important ruling last Friday. The ruling gives landlords (and to some extent their tenants) some breathing room. The ruling (ECLI:NL:HR:2025:167) stipulates that an agreement stating that one party may continue to occupy the leased property for a while, against payment...