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Admission as a housing association

If you run an association or foundation in the Netherlands that is exclusively active in public housing, you can turn it into a housing association. To do so, the Netherlands Authority for Housing...

Applying for a conversion permit for letting accommodation

Do you own a (residential) property? And do you want to rent out rooms in your property? You will need a conversion permit (omzettingsvergunning kamerverhuur) from your municipal authority. This...

Cadastral registration of property

When buying or selling registered property (real estate, utility grids, ships, and aircraft) in the Netherlands, you have to register the related notarial deeds in the cadastral public register...

Code of Conduct for activities that may harm plants or animals

Will you carry out work that could harm (protected) plants and animals? If so, you may need an environment and planning permit. If you work according to an approved code of conduct, you do not need to...

Demolition or asbestos removal

Do you carry out demolition activities that result in more than 10 m3 demolition waste? Or do you plan to remove asbestos? Then you must submit a demolition notification through the online service...

Energy labels

In the Netherlands, a number of product categories, cars, and buildings must carry an energy label. The energy label includes information about the product's energy consumption. It also states the...

Attention: amendment

Letting or repurposing vacant buildings

If you own a vacant building in the Netherlands, such as an office or school, you could decide to let it temporarily. If you want to do so, you need a permit from your municipality. One of the...

Measures to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing

Do you sell or do you mediate in the sale of goods in the Netherlands? You have to be aware of the risks of money laundering or financing of terrorism. For example in case of large payments for...

Attention: amendment

Notification of availability and letting of vacant accommodation

In the Netherlands, landlords are required to notify the municipal authorities when a tenant moves out, leaving accommodation unoccupied. The municipal housing regulations specify to which...

Property merger or division permit

Property division Do you wish to divide your house or building into several apartments and let or sell them? Ask your municipality if you are allowed to divide the property into several apartments....

Property transfer tax

Do you buy property, such as a house, company building, or plot of land? Or do you buy or inherit the rights to immovable property? You will probably have to pay property (or capital) transfer tax...

Attention: amendment

Relocation allowance in case of a renovation

Do you let a house in the Netherlands and do you need to renovate or demolish it? And your tenant cannot stay in the property? As the owner of the property, you may have to pay a relocation allowance...

Rent and tenancy agreement

Do you rent houses or apartments? As a landlord in the Netherlands you have to observe several rules and obligations. Different rules apply to different types of housing. Rules for house rentals...

Rules for flying drones

Do you want to fly a drone (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System, RPAS, or unmanned aircraft system, UAS)? For instance for aerial photography or researching hard to reach places? You must comply with the...

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