What a Dutch buyer looks for in a listing
A Dutch buyer starts with the technical sheet and ends with the photos. They open a map, measure distances by bike, compare the price per square metre for the postcode. A listing that opens on feeling reads to them as a listing hiding its figures.
What they check first
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Floor area and the method behind it
They want square metres and the measuring rule. Floor area without a method is not data, it is a claim.
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The energy label, letter and value
The letter alone will not do: they expect kilowatt-hours per square metre per year, and they use it to discuss the price.
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An address precise enough to check
“Quiet neighbourhood” means nothing until they can place it on a map. They really do measure the distances, it is not a figure of speech.
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Charges, itemised
Building charges, local taxes, upkeep. A total with no breakdown reads as an arranged total.
The gaps that stop them
- Floor area given without the measuring method.
- An energy label reduced to its letter, with no consumption figure.
- A vague location that cannot be placed on a map.
- Charges rolled into a single amount.
- No floor plan, or rooms that appear in no photograph.
The word to know
“Gezelligheid” (the pleasure of being together in comfort): the one thing figures do not capture, and it weighs. A kitchen large enough to host in, a measured garden, somewhere to keep the bikes are worth more to them than an adjective about the standing of the address.
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