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Sanne de Vries
Netherlands contributor
Covers the Dutch private-sale process from primary sources: the leveringsakte that a notaris must pass and record at the Kadaster, the energielabel that has to be ordered before transfer, and the overdrachtsbelasting question that confuses sellers even though the buyer pays it. The desk focuses on separating what the law actually requires from what a makelaar simply offers to do.
In a Dutch sale, the one step no seller can route around is the notaris: the leveringsakte that transfers ownership has to be passed by a notary and recorded at the Kadaster, and that fee stays in the equation no matter how much of the work is handled privately. Everything else sits on a spectrum of required versus optional, which is where selling without a makelaar actually gets decided.
The recurring snags follow from there. The energielabel has to be ordered well before transfer rather than scrambled for at the last moment. Overdrachtsbelasting draws constant questions even though the buyer is the party who pays it, at roughly 2 percent. This desk covers Dutch property law and the Kadaster side of a transaction with the obligatory and the optional drawn clearly enough that a seller can decide what to handle alone instead of defaulting to paid help at every step.
Areas of focus
- Tracks Dutch notaris and Kadaster registration procedures
- Follows energielabel rules and overdrachtsbelasting treatment for residential sales
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