Real estate:

Legal advice about Dutch real estate

In the real estate sector, many rules apply. Not only do all of the different parties reach agreements in the construction process, deeds of division or in the purchase and sale contracts and leases and rental contracts, but the Dutch law also imposes mandatory requirements. It is not always easy to cope with all of the rules. Like understanding all of the processes that relate to real estate. Even drawing up a watertight contract is easier said than done for people who don’t do that as part of their everyday lives. The fact is that some good advice from a legal expert in real estate can make the difference between a smooth project or years of litigation for a Dutch Court.

Legal assistance concerning real estate law and apartment rights?

Apartment rights, tenancy law, construction and other real estate-related aspects? The foregoing are all familiar territory to RST’s real estate lawyers. They would therefore be happy to help you to with legal advice on the following subjects:

Contracting of work
Contractor’s liability
Seizure
Neighbour law
Property law
Leasehold/ground lease
Seizure and enforcement of order
Establishing and enforcement of mortgage
Rental of real estate
Perpetual clause
Liability in the event of purchase of real estate
Purchase agreements
Qualitative requirements in contracts
Delivery of real estate
Property of real estate
Apartment right
Dividing property in apartment rights by a deed of division
Agreement of assignment
Project development
Surface right
Right of way and ownership
Right of retention
Period of limitation of claims
Construction law

The apartment right is a specific specialism within real estate. RST advocaten is one of the few law firms in the Netherlands that has in-house knowledge about this aspect of Dutch law. An owner can divide its land or building into various apartment rights by a deed of division, which appartment right scan then be acquired by other parties. When this division is made, an owners’ association is created and the members of this association are bound by various rules and regulations that are established between them in terms of the use and maintenance of the building and the communal areas and the relationship between the different owners. Our specialist lawyers give legal advice on and litigate in all conceivable areas in relation to apartment right and can also provide legal assistance when real estate is divided by a deed of division.