Real Estate Law

Seller liable for leaking basement tub? (Part 1 of the ‘Wet Feet’ blog series) The leaves fell off the trees a few months ago and the dark days have arrived. And not only that. With that comes a lot of rain! The persistent rainfall in the Netherlands is leading to an increase in...

Judge wrongly allows void second meeting VvE The District Court of Rotterdam on November 1, 2024 (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2024:11457) issued a ruling that, in my opinion, is unjustified. Several elements were at play in that case, but the one that stood out for me was the so-called ’second meeting’ that the administrator had organized. The administrator of the...

Buying property in the Netherlands? Have the purchase agreement reviewed by a Dutch lawyer If you are buying a real estate property in the Netherlands, it is important to get proper legal advice about it. Lexys’ real estate lawyers can assess the purchase agreement of a property for you. It is often possible to agree...

Appeal deadline in VvE cases: stay sharp! In an earlier blog we wrote about an owner who wanted to build a roof extension. The subdistrict court in Rotterdam granted permission, but the Court of Appeal of The Hague (ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2024:2205) ruled against it. Before the court could reach this verdict, however, an important question had to be...

Owner goes wrong with deadline for voiding VvE resolution It goes wrong very often. Many owners invariably wait for the minutes of the meeting. They think that only then does the deadline to request the annulment of the resolutions taken start to run. Many VvE members went wrong as a result. According to attorney Robert van Ewijk, who specializes in...

Neighbors refuse cooperation repair of walled foundation The dividing wall between two buildings is jointly owned and walled. This is stated in the law. If a wall is joint property, it means that the owners on either side of that wall own it together. Therefore, if the foundation under that mandated wall needs to be repaired, it has two important...