From what I understand they want you to pay for an option by default in this template.
Basically in a normal offer, the seller is free to accept any other offer that could come until he accepts or refuses your offer. The seller is in control in this situation.
With an option, if the seller agrees to it, he cannot sell the apartment to anyone but you as long as the option duration hasn’t expired and you give him a “guarantee” (here 10% of the price). This means you are in control whatever you get the house/apartment or not because the seller indirectly told you your price is theirs and they cannot sell to anyone else due to the option.
However, if you decides to not proceed with the purchase, you lose your option money.
If you are 100% sure that you want to purchase it, you can proceed since the option can become the guarantee that is often needed to get a mortgage once the offer is accepted.
If you are not sure you’ll 100% purchase, remove that part unless you are stacked with money and don’t care losing 10% of the price when you decide to not proceed.
I would suggest not making an offer via this form. Write it yourself, and be specific.
You want a suspensive condition (opschortende voorwaarde)? Then mention the amount you want to finance (maybe round that number up just to be safe) and the one bank that you want the financing from (it helps if you know someone at said bank that could draft you a rejection letter if you want an out).
Personally I also wouldn’t pay any deposits on the realtor’s account, but rather go through the notary.
Please don’t make an offer through this! They are demanding the 10% deposit on their immo account. Don’t do that, do your deposit through a notary. Scummy immo’s being scummt immo’s.
You can just write your own document with whatever you want as ‘opschortende voorwaarde’. By law the immo has to present this offer to the seller.
There’s an organisation called Saamo, they have a project named koffie en formulieren where they will translate and follow up on all kinds of administrative questions. (One at a time) check if you have one of those in your city!
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From what I understand they want you to pay for an option by default in this template.
Basically in a normal offer, the seller is free to accept any other offer that could come until he accepts or refuses your offer. The seller is in control in this situation.
With an option, if the seller agrees to it, he cannot sell the apartment to anyone but you as long as the option duration hasn’t expired and you give him a “guarantee” (here 10% of the price). This means you are in control whatever you get the house/apartment or not because the seller indirectly told you your price is theirs and they cannot sell to anyone else due to the option.
However, if you decides to not proceed with the purchase, you lose your option money.
If you are 100% sure that you want to purchase it, you can proceed since the option can become the guarantee that is often needed to get a mortgage once the offer is accepted.
If you are not sure you’ll 100% purchase, remove that part unless you are stacked with money and don’t care losing 10% of the price when you decide to not proceed.
I would suggest not making an offer via this form. Write it yourself, and be specific.
You want a suspensive condition (opschortende voorwaarde)? Then mention the amount you want to finance (maybe round that number up just to be safe) and the one bank that you want the financing from (it helps if you know someone at said bank that could draft you a rejection letter if you want an out).
Personally I also wouldn’t pay any deposits on the realtor’s account, but rather go through the notary.
Please don’t make an offer through this! They are demanding the 10% deposit on their immo account. Don’t do that, do your deposit through a notary. Scummy immo’s being scummt immo’s.
You can just write your own document with whatever you want as ‘opschortende voorwaarde’. By law the immo has to present this offer to the seller.
There’s an organisation called Saamo, they have a project named koffie en formulieren where they will translate and follow up on all kinds of administrative questions. (One at a time) check if you have one of those in your city!