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Indexing business premises rent by 14.5%: unreasonable or not? Due to the unprecedented high inflation in 2022, there is much discussion between tenants and landlords about the indexation of the rent of business space. Based on the widely used ROZ model lease agreement, many rents have been increased by 14.5% effective January 1, 2023. This is due to the...

Homeowners' association manager liable for damage caused to the homeowners' association In October 2023, the District Court of Rotterdam (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2023:10387) ruled that a homeowners' association manager is liable for damage caused by his actions. The manager of the homeowners' association is liable for breach of contract. In this case, it concerned the manager's obligation to...

Invitation to VvE meeting may be sent via e-mail The most recent model regulations for Owners' Associations (VvEs) - that is model regulations 2017 - contain the provision that invitations to the VvE meeting may also be sent via e-mail. The older model regulations do not contain that provision. There, only the text that invitations to the...

According to Radar, SME Clickservice misleads its customers: what can you do? The program Radar of AVRO TROS devoted a broadcast in November 2023 to a worrying trend within the world of Internet marketing. Forbidden methods of acquisition are used to get self-employed people to sign an agreement without being aware of the consequences...

“No rights can be derived from this sales brochure...” We often encounter that text in promotional brochures for houses or apartments. Even on Funda, such text is often found below the advertisement. But, does it really work that way? Is the mere statement that no rights can be derived from a brochure sufficient, or can you as...

Termination of lease agreement business premises Book 7 of the Civil Code contains provisions on the lease agreement business premises. A distinction is made between two types of lease contracts. Namely the so-called 230a-business space and the 290-business space. The numbers refer to the articles of law that regulate these matters. In short, it comes down to the fact that the rules of the...