{"id":37284,"date":"2026-10-12T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makelaarinamsterdam.nl\/?p=37284"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:52:58","slug":"purchase-agreement-notary-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makelaarinamsterdam.nl\/en\/purchase-agreement-notary-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchase agreement at the notary in Amsterdam: how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Amsterdam, the purchase agreement is usually drawn up by the civil-law notary, not by the estate agent. In Dutch, that contract is called the koopakte or koopovereenkomst. The buyer chooses the notary and pays for them, and it usually takes one to two weeks from the moment you agree to the moment you sign.<\/p>\n

Why does the notary draw up the purchase agreement in Amsterdam?<\/h2>\n

In much of the Netherlands, the estate agent puts the purchase agreement on paper. In Amsterdam and the surrounding municipalities, the notary has been doing this for years. The notary works for both the buyer and the seller, and checks in advance what the Land Registry (Kadaster) knows about the home, such as ground lease (erfpacht) or a right of way. That way, everything that comes with the home goes into the agreement correctly from the start.<\/p>\n

What happens once you have agreed?<\/h2>\n

Once buyer and seller agree on the price and the conditions, we, as the selling agent, send the documents for the home, the agreements made and your details to the notary the buyer has chosen. The buyer’s details come from their buying agent. If the buyer does not have a buying agent, we ask them for the details ourselves, so the notary has everything they need. After that, it goes like this:<\/p>\n