Buying a house in the Netherlands: First Steps

Sharing my journey of buying a house in the Netherlands, from deciding to buy and viewings to hiring a real estate agent. Stay tuned for the conclusion in the next video!

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The entire timeline of buying a house:
- 05.04.2023 - We first met with the real estate agent and signed the contract with them the next day.
- 08.04.2023 - 24.04.2023 - we went for house viewings organized by the agent. We visited Zwolle 3 times and looked at about 7-8 houses.
- 24.04.2023 - We had the first consultation with the mortgage advisor.
- 26.04.2023 - We bid on the house, and they accepted the bid the same day.
- 01.05.2023 - We asked the rental company if we could terminate the rental contract earlier to buy a house, and they agreed, so we settled the date with the house owner.
- 03.05.2023 - We hired a technical inspector to check the house.
- 18.05.2023 - Our mortgage advisor applied for a mortgage after collecting all the docs from us.
- 01.06.2023 - We got the mortgage confirmation. It would have been even faster if we were not from Russia.
- 28.06.2023 - We got the keys, signed everything at the notary, and moved to the house.

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00:00 Intro
01:01 Research
02:33 Starting the process and picking the city
03:48 Who to hire?
05:26 Looking for houses
06:31 What we liked about our house
07:55 Ending

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#buyingahome #househunting #netherlands

[majuni]

I'm glad to see someone talking about house searching that isn't only in the west side of the Netherlands!! Zwolle is a wonderful city, one day I'd like to get a property either there or Deventer. Those cities are quite expensive for this side of the country, but not outrageous like Amsterdam and very nice if you can afford it!

[davidcollier]

Thanks for posting this, your videos are great. I've watch both the Dutch house buying videos and you advice on learning languages and you are evidently a switched on guy. We moved from England to the Netherlands in 1991 for a 3 years which were just the best so you have made a good choice. We'd love to move back but unfortunately Brexit gets in out way🥺!

[PaulJanPauptit]

Well done, these must be exciting times! Also good for you for encouraging people to indeed get an aankoopmakelaar and a proper mortage advisor, it's a very sensible thing to do unless you are *very* determined to DIY those bits. They probably both urged you to get the bouwtechnische inspectie done. :) Buying a house is a big thing, and having (paying) knowledgeable people there to guide you in the process is incredibly helpful.

[InaiaNeko]

Congratulations, guys! 🎉 So happy for you ❤

[climbersisyphus]

fantastic video. If you could go more into the process of your market analysis that made you settle on Zwolle and why you wanted to be away from the Ranstad that would be great.

[garrett]

Very helpful video. Looking forward to the next one.

[mrrr]

Thinking smut moving here my mom is from the Netherlands and she taught me Dutch years ago 😅

[sorins]

Hey! Thanks for sharing, quite informative! I was wondering if you could also share the spreadsheet that you referred to

[benjaminhumphrey]

Hey Dmitrii, nice videos, however I have some questions
1. Is there any bidding process when you tried to a house?
2. What is the sequence of the steps you mentioned in your video? Like talking to your mortgage advisor, hiring a real estate agency, sending a technician to inspect the house, applying your mortgage, buying the house, etc.

Thanks!

[mwvikz]

New format is great, keep on! Randomly appearing letters little annoying, tho.

[vaibhavtyagi]

Hey Dmitrii, great video and very helpful. could i request you to share the link to the reddit spreadsheet you were talking about. Thanks

[shashankyadav]

Very helpful video. IF you could guide me on this one: Step 1 is to hire a housing agent/makellar, then hiring a financial advisor, hire a inspector to do the check of the house I plan to buy? Not sure why I need makellar because anyhows the house I plan to buy will be shown to be by a makellar who will help me further (right or wrong)?

[milenacr-]

Could you share the timeline of the purchase? From the moment you started searching to the moment you moved in? Thanks in advance!

[gowthamv.sha.]

Hey! Thank you for the great video, this is exactly what I was looking for. A quick question on the Excel sheet - the creator assumes a cost of owners association which I believe is applicable only for apartments. Would it be similar in the case of an independent building? Thanks!

[mikhaildavidenko]

Great video. Mind sharing the spreadsheet link?

[benini]

Hello! Is it possible to share the excel as well? Also I wish you all the best with the purchase process

[parkour.runner]

Thank you so much Dima.
My wife and I are planning to move to the Netherlands in the near future.
I had one question, regarding the mortgage. Are the expats eligible to take mortgage since the first day of entry, or they have to wait for permanent resident permit or some specific time?

[RagulCJ]

Other than Zwolle, which other cities were in top 5?

[kushagraist]

How much is the downpayment for buying houses? And also, what would be the interest on the mortgage?

[Sara-eqdh]

Very helpful - can you share the documents you used?