The process to rent or let a property
Author | Schmid, Christoph U.; Pinkel, Tobias |
Pages | 35-41 |
Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Th e Net herlan ds
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6. The process to rent or let a property
6.1 Main st eps in t he transaction process to rent and let a property
Ta ble 13: M ain step s of th e process t o r ent and le t a pr ope rt y
Ma in st ep s
Pr ocess i nvo lve d6 1
Fin din g a nd m at ching la ndl ord s and
ten ants
Land lord s fin d t enant s eith er t hro ugh the use of perso nal kn owled ge of potent ial tenan ts o r t hrou gh frien ds
th at kn ow som eone who wants to rent th e fl at/ hou se, b y using a dver tisem ent in t he i nter net or in
newsp ap er s or by requ estin g t he h elp o f a rea l est ate agent s.
I nf orm ati on sea rch by lan dlo rds or
ten ants ( e.g . a bou t s ala ry, ou tst an ding
de bts)
The lan dlord norm ally requ ests f ollow ing i nform ati on:
• Proof of incom e ( showing the last paysli p or similar );
• Wor k cont ract or declarati on of th e em ploy er a bout th e wo rkin g posit ion of t he t enan t;
• ID o r pa ssport.
Addi tionally , the follow ing inf ormation is somet imes requ ired:
• Decl arat ion of the f orm er land lord that th e ren t h as been paid ( verhu ur dersverklaring) ;
• Bank accou nt s tat em en t ;
• Statem ent of t he register of r esiden ts ( bevolk in gsregist er ) .
I nspe ction of t he p rop ert y b y t en ant s
( in som e cas es w it h t he he lp of
pr of ess ion als )
The use o f pr ofessiona l hel p fo r the inspection of prop erty by the t enan t is v ery unusual . Nor ma lly the
tenan t v isit s th e flat on ce before the cont ract is signed .
De liv ery of m and ator y i nfo rm ation t o
ten ants p rio r t o t he con clus ion of the
con tr act ( if r ele va nt)
Other than the en ergy perform ance certi ficate, the lan dlor d fa ces n o re quirem ent s t o provi de m andat ory
infor mat ion to the tena nt.
De liv ery of en er gy pe rfo rm an ce
cert ifi cat e t o t ena nt
An energy perfor man ce cer tif icate m ust be p rovi ded bef ore the conclu sion of t he contr act.
61 Ex plain mo re p recise ly t o wh at exte nt each s tep is re levan t a nd h ow t he s tep is per for med
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