Property & Construction Law
Wintertaling has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of property law. From property transactions to construction law, environmental law and landlord-tenant law, we have the legal expertise you need.
Our lawyers advise and assist our clients from the negotiating stage to the final result, and act as their sparring partners. We assist property investors, developers, contractors, principals, architects and housing corporations, from the acquisition of land and the execution of construction projects to the operation of the property. Our expertise covers both the private-law and the public-law property aspects. We furthermore frequently advise on landlord-tenant law issues and can assist in the negotiation, review and drafting of leases.
At home in all legal aspects of property law
We can also assist you in the event of a dispute. We have extensive experience in litigation in civil and administrative law, before courts and courts of appeal, and before the Council of State and the Arbitration Board for the Building Industry.
Property law
- Purchase and sale of property
- Defects and non-conformity
- Land allocation
- Anterior agreements
- Cooperation agreements
- Declarations of intent
- Real estate transactions
- Due diligence investigations
- Project development
- Sale and purchase/contracting
- Division into apartment rights
- Owners' Associations
- Leasehold
- Rights of superficies
- Easements
- Neighbours’ statutory rights and obligations
Construction law
Private law
- Tendering procedures
- Building contracts
- Disputes concerning contract variations
- Building and installation defects
- Design errors
- Disputes during construction
- Delays and penalties (discounts)
Public law
- Zoning plans
- Changes in designated use
- Permits
- Objections and appeals
- Enforcement
- Municipalities’ preferential rights
Landlord-tenant law
- Leases
- Temporary rentals
- Defects
- Maintenance and renovation
- Complex renovation
- Urgent use by the landlord
- Commercial leases
- Restructuring
- Substitution
- Rent review
- Court approval of deviating terms
- Subletting
- Service charges
- Residential leases
- Nuisance
- Rent increase and indexation
