by Remko Zuidema | Oct 23, 2014 | Construction process, Economy, Governance, Health
Half a million building permits: are we going to sink or swim? What benefits you the most as a resident? Your municipality spending money on a safe living environment, employment and beautiful green landscaping? Or it spending money on issuing stacks of individual...
by Remko Zuidema | Sep 25, 2014 | Construction Law, Governance, Health, Sustainable Construction
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...
by Remko Zuidema | Jul 31, 2014 | Construction Law, Construction process, Economy, Governance, Invest in Real Estate
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...
by Guestblog | Jul 24, 2014 | Best Practices, Construction Law, Economy, Governance, Invest in Real Estate
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...
by Remko Zuidema | Jun 5, 2014 | Construction Law, Economy, Governance
Did the bank tell you NO! When you knocked on their door to finance a building project? Then you are not alone. Building projects are currently extremely difficult to finance. At least, by banks. So for smart funding you will need new partners! New rules regarding...
by Remko Zuidema | Mar 13, 2014 | Best Practices, Construction Law, Construction process, Governance, Invest in Real Estate, Sustainable Construction
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...