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You do not need a plan, knowledge of funda or any idea of the market. You request an appointment and we come round. Within an hour you know what your home is worth, what is smart to do and not to do, and what the planning looks like if you decide to sell.
Free, without obligation and without small print. Then you decide, at your own pace. And if you decide to stay put for another year: that is fine too. At least you know where you stand.
We set the very best asking price in direct consultation with you as our client. Backed by real sales in your neighbourhood, the condition and particular features of your home, and what we see happening at viewings every week.
Not an attractive number just to win the listing, but an honest price you can build on. A well-chosen asking price draws more attention in the first week, and that attention is what brings in the offers. That's how you get the most out of your home. You can read how we handle the rest below.
A good sale price is not luck. It comes from how your home stands out, how the viewings go, and the strategy behind it. We take you through those three below.
Beforehand, Erik walks through your home with his eye for interiors. Often a few small changes are enough, no renovation. Then Hadewij photographs your home with the light at the right moment of the day, and makes a 3D tour and a video, so viewers already walk through your home online.
And your home is not only on funda, but also on the other channels where buyers look around. More reach, more serious viewers, better offers.
With us, the door is opened by someone who knows your home, your neighbours and the area. We tell the story of your home, what it is like to live there, and we take our time for people who are serious. A second viewing is never a problem.
After every viewing you hear from us what viewers said and what that means for the sale. That way you always know where you stand.
We choose the right moment to go live on funda, reach out specifically to the buyers who suit your home, and build up interest calmly without putting on pressure. If the market moves differently than expected, we adjust.
The asking price we set together with you is the most important tool in this: not too high, not too low, but exactly right for the group of buyers we want to reach.
We look at your home the way a buyer does. Sometimes the advice is an extra wall, sometimes an empty home, sometimes an open house with room to come back for another look. Below you can see what that achieved.
Our advice: put up a small internal wall to create a second bedroom, which made the home attractive to a much larger group of buyers.
Our advice: relaunch the home after six months and turn the presentation around, with new-build comfort in a historic neighbourhood as the core message.
Our advice: move out first and hand over the home completely empty, have the walls painted where needed, and have the home styled.
Our advice: a tight schedule with an open house, and then giving buyers room to come back for another look. Once people have viewed a home twice, they dare to go all in.
Our advice: after months with another agent, relaunch the sale with fresh new photos and an asking price a few thousand euros lower. That put the home in front of a much larger group of buyers.
Our advice: take new photos and help the seller with styling, turning a dull flat into a cosy home. With the previous agent, three viewers came in months; with us it sold within three weeks.
Examples from our own sales.
That is all. We do the rest, and after every step you get an update from us. That way you keep the overview, without the work.
A fee of 1% of the sale price, including VAT. No start-up costs, and you only pay once your home has been sold.
That covers all of our work:
The only thing you choose and pay yourself is the funda package, directly to funda. We discuss with you in advance which package suits your home, so you know exactly where you stand.
And what if your home does not sell? We agree that in advance too. Read the frequently asked questions
There are four of us, so everyone at the office knows who you are and knows your home, whether you are buying, selling or both. So we always know exactly where things stand. Hadewij photographs your home, and Micha, Erik or Lisa is your own agent, from the first viewing all the way to the civil-law notary. You always know who you are dealing with, and you can simply message us on WhatsApp. In the evening too.
"I know this city down to the year of construction and the foundation, and at the negotiating table I stay calm until everything has come out of it that is in it."
"I walk through your home once and immediately see what makes it stronger for the sale, usually without any renovation."
"I do the viewings and the conversations, and I effortlessly take viewers along in the story of your home."
"I take all the property photos myself and wait for the right light, and behind the scenes I make sure everything is right down to the last decimal."
Micha and Hadewij of Makelaar in Amsterdam make sure selling your home is stress-free.
Schreuder, via funda · 10Beautiful photos and a well thought-out strategy resulted in more offers than we had dared to hope for.
Kelsey Vaughan, via Google · 5/5After having several estate agents round, he stood out. With this estate agent you know exactly where you stand.
Van der Kolk, via funda · 10Selling my home from abroad, I was really dreading it. So glad I found Micha and Hadewij.
S. Lo, via Google · 5/5Real opening sentences from funda and Google reviews of Makelaar in Amsterdam, translated from Dutch where needed.
Only once your home has been sold. You then pay 1% of the sale price, including VAT. There are no start-up costs.
All of our work: photography, video, 3D tour, listing and optimising your home on funda, all viewings, the negotiation and the coordination with the civil-law notary. The only thing you pay separately is the funda package: you choose and pay it yourself, directly to funda. We discuss in advance which package suits your home.
Yes. The market valuation at your home is free and without obligation. You get a well-founded figure and a clear plan, and then you decide at your own pace. You are not tied to anything.
Usually not. Small changes often make the difference: tidying up, a lick of paint, the right styling. Erik looks with you during the introduction and tells you honestly what pays off and what does not.
After the introduction, usually within two weeks, depending on the planning of styling and photography. We plan this together, at your pace.
With real sales in your neighbourhood, the condition and particular features of your home, and what we see at viewings every week. We always set the asking price together with you.
Viewers already walk through your home online with it. Whoever books a viewing after that is truly serious. Few agencies offer it as standard, with us it is included.
Yes, in every Amsterdam neighbourhood, and also in Amstelveen and Diemen.
We come round for a free market valuation without obligation: within an hour you know what your home is worth and what a sale would look like. Rather start remotely? Then we begin with an online valuation.
Rather get acquainted first, without an agenda? That is possible too.
Or call +31 20 845 5878 · info@makelaarinamsterdam.nl
Singel 374, 1016 AH Amsterdam
