The owner of this business is okay, but her staff are not well trained and overall the practices are under par for international clients. The staff are not used to thinking out of the box, they prefer the standard Dutch situation with a salary worker and a mortgage. If your situation is anything else, you'll get trouble.
For example, if your funding is from overseas and/or you have already arranged your own finance (not a mortgage), they'll freak out and demand to see you Facebook or Linked In profile, without it they'll advise the seller not to accept your offer!
In other words, while in other parts of the world you'll be applauded for having your dollar ducks in a row and you'll be treated like a VIP customer, not so in Holland and not here, instead you'll be treated like a 3rd class customer or a criminal suspect.
In my case, since there was already another bid on the property I liked, several staff reluctantly told me that I have the right to make a bid but that they don't really like it...
Wij zijn heel tevreden over de dienstverlening van Gildenhof. Hans Konings is erg aardig, goed bereikbaar en heeft verstand van zaken. De bezichtigingen waren op 1 middag gepland en daar zat de uiteindelijke koper al bij!
De communicatie was geweldig. Ze reageren ontzettend snel en zijn vriendelijk.
De reden dat marktkennis een 6 scoort is omdat we een hogere verkoopprijs hadden verwacht dan dat het uiteindelijk is geworden.
Het werd allemaal goed geregeld! Zelfs bij de overdracht werd alles uit handen genomen omdat we niet in de buurt wonen. Zeer tevreden!
Market is very competitive so that wasn't an easy journey. The agent really helped us with negotiations.