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Landlords need to be prepared for the new Dutch Social Support Act (WMO)
In The Netherlands most landlords have prepared themselves for the implications of the new Dutch Social Support Act (WMO*), executed by municipalities. The new WMO states that municipalities and tenants no longer need the permission of the owner for home...
Do you live in one of the first homes embracing the stacked building?
Your own selfbuilding plot in the middle of the city, so you can build a home exactly the way you want it? With stacked selfbuild buildings you make this dream come true including an amazing view. How about this list of the financial, organizational and legal...
Stacked building: We are ready for it! Are you?
Do you ever dream of your own plot in the city center to build your house on exactly the way you want it? Then stacked buildings offer new opportunities. Through a competition of ideas the municipality of The Hague searched and found several innovative, creative and...
Smart Financing of building projects without a bank?
How to master your own indoor climate
Imagine being sick of the building you live or work in. Then you would want to have a big say in the improvement of your indoor climate. When you are the owner and user of the property or home, then you intervene immediately of course. Like I did recently when I found...
How flexible building creates room for your future
Chances are you are already familiar with the term “flexible working”. But what do you know about (the) “flexible building”? Probably not as much so let me help you, because flexible building is the ultimate solution for future-proof living, working and leisure in...
Library Concept Center DOK Delft sustainably renovated thanks to user input
Who knows better how you want to use a building than you, THE USER? Nobody, of course! That is exactly why housing can never be a purely professional activity without the involvement of and control by the actual user. How this principle has led to one of the most...
Housing in existing buildings. How to best tackle this transformation?
You want a secure roof over your head, to live and work comfortably and relax the way you want in your free time. If you look at (nearly) vacant existing buildings with that thought in mind, what possibilities do you see? Housing in existing buildings offers many...
Indoor climate under high voltage spoils your health. What do you do about it?
Shocking News! I was being electrified in my own bed and did not know it. I was surprised to hear it, but it certainly explained why we had problems getting up in the morning. This we recently found out, thanks to an investigation by a building biologist. I had asked...
From an empty office to a happy home. How to get there!
Have you ever thought of living in an empty office building? There are plenty of possibilities because the Netherlands has the highest office vacancy rate in Europe, approximately 8.2 million square meters (nearly 27 million square feet!). That is officially; the...
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