What’s the craziest thing that happened to you in The Netherlands?

[@LongTimeAgoNL]

This is BS. In the event of the buyer not being able to buy the house they signed for, most contracts include a timer clause that would force you to pay 10% of the agreed price. Lets say a house is 450K, you could end up paying 45K if you cancel or breach the clauses in the contract.

[@jkman9828]

No, you would not have paid for the house. The contract would just have been dissolved.

[@Tim_van_de_Leur]

Nope it doesn't just get dissolved if you've signed the contract. You'll have to pay a fine of a percentage of the mortgage for not obliging your contract.

[@j.p.vanbolhuis8678]

@@Tim_van_de_Leur Depends a lot on what he exactly says, but most agreements/contracts are "under condition of financing" "Onder voorbehoud van financiering". So it is not quite clear what happened from his explanations.

[@Mus.Anonymouse]

You should always have the getting a mortgage as a condition for getting out of the contract without liability.

[@arjandegraaff]

You should alway's get under condition of getting the finance. Then if if the bank does not approve you can disolve without cost. After the term it is usualy 10% of the house price if you want to back out.

[@jkman9828]

@@Tim_van_de_Leur No. Not getting the mortgage gets you out of the contract. That's like the most basic part of getting a mortgage for a house in the Netherlands. People would be going broke left and right losing a (usually) 10% upfront fee over not getting the financing. The fine you're talking about is for withdrawing AFTER you've gotten approved for the mortgage.

[@immortalking3572]

bullshit ^^ if you dont get the house you wont have to pay

[@hubertwouts]

False! you dont have to pay. if the contract will not be fullfilled. and also probably fake story...