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 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