The Process Of Buying A Home In The Netherlands
by admin on Jan.24, 2011, under Main Articles
Background information on The Netherlands is a good thing to know if you’re planning on buying a home there. Among the richest countries in the world, The Netherlands boasts a high quality of life. It is prime mall country with around 16 million citizens. It’s direct neighbors are Belgium and Germany, and the sea lines it’s west coast. Amersfoort, The Netherlands’ most central city, is only 60 km (37 miles) away from the capital city of Amsterdam.
The process of buying a home in The Netherlands
Most buildings are made of concrete and red bricks with high quality and wood is rarely used. You may start your search with Funda for buying in Netherlands, the Dutch site with Google enabling English translation although real estate market is very transparent in Netherlands. If you are from abroad and find a suitable home as per your liking you need a realtor to help on the law for negotiation although that should be different from the seller’s one. Garantiemakelaars is the most renowned and reliable Dutch franchise of realtors with services all over the country. They are part of NVM (National association of realtors) and provide additional guarantees to both sellers and buyers. Since 2001 real estate is free professions so always go for NVM registered realtor as there may bad realtor in the business. However, the NVM realtors are certified after through training, with legal and construction knowledge.
Buying a house in Amersfoort, the city most centrally located within The Netherlands.
Domicilium is the most renowned NVM realtor in Amersfoort, which is situated in the heart of Netherlands with good connectivity with Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. It touched with the “Randstad” which also known as the sum of all the major cities within a radius of 60km and well connected. Enough amounts of supply of the brand new as well as the existing homes are available.
Amersfoort has a long history, being named for the first time in 1028! It has city rights since 1259. It is a superb city, and the home of Piet Mondriaan, painter of Victory Boogie Woogie which was obtained by The Hague Museum for 80,000,000 Dutch Guilders, which is approximately $50,000,000 USD. You should focus on Amersfoort, if you are into art and history, and have decided to move to the Netherlands.