VvE

Judge forbids calling a VvE director a fraudster, swindler, cheat and liar Two (former) directors of a VvE in Hillegom are quarreling. This quarrel is being played out on the backs of the other owners of the building. Bills are hung up in the hall and letters and e-mails are sent around to the members. These are not...

Owner's association administrator appeals to AVG, justified or not? When members of an Owners' Association request access to the records of the VvE, directors or managers often invoke the AVG. The AVG would then prevent the provision of privacy-sensitive information to members of the CoE. But is such a...

Appointment of VvE board without a meeting is null and void A recently published judgment of the Rotterdam District Court shows that the appointment of the board of an Owners' Association (VvE) must always go through the meeting. If a director appointed himself, or for example with the help of the previous board at the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) as a director...

VvE doesn't count blank votes, court does. Who had it right? At a large Owner's Association (VvE) in the Utrecht region, a dispute arose over whether or not a decision to make preservation was made. Three scenarios for that preservation were presented to the meeting of the VvE. The...

Lawyer acts for both member and owner of an association, is that allowed? In a recent ruling by the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Board of Discipline, a lawyer was reprimanded for acting for both an Owners' Association and a member of that association. According to the Council he had violated the core values of independence and partiality. Lawyer...

VvE to tolerate advertising and delivery bikes from New York Pizza An Association of Owners (VvE) in the Amersfoort area is experiencing nuisance from an establishment of New York Pizza. The delivery restaurant is located in one of the apartments belonging to the VvE. The nuisance is caused by scooters and bicycles blocking the entrances, odors from...