The process to rent or let a property

AuthorSchmid, Christoph U.; Pinkel, Tobias
Pages35-41
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 FicheTh e Net herlan ds
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6.The process to rent or let a property
6.1Main st eps in t he transaction process to rentand let a property
Ta ble 13: M ain step s of th e processt o r ent and le t a pr ope rt y
Ma in st ep s
Pr ocess i nvo lve d61
Fin din g a nd m at ching la ndl ord s and
tenants
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
newspaper 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 ( verhuurdersverklaring) ;
Bank accou nts tat em en t ;
Statem ent of t he register of r esiden ts ( bevolkingsregister).
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 oprovi 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.
61Ex 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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