by Remko Zuidema | | 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 | | 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 | | Construction Law, Health, Sustainable Construction
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...
by Remko Zuidema | | Best Practices, Construction Law, Health, Sustainable Construction, User
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...
by Remko Zuidema | | Construction Law, Construction process, Economy, Governance, Health, Invest in Real Estate
Do you realize that every building is important to two very different parties with totally different interests? On the one hand there is the investor who wants to make money. On the other hand there is you, the user. What you want is to live, work and enjoy leisure...