20 years of experience in the housing market. Honest advice on opportunities, risks and smart choices.

My story

It started with daring to think differently

Once a client, always a client.

I was brought up to work hard. At home the rule was: if you do something, do it properly or don't start at all. That has stayed with me ever since. I give it a full hundred per cent, and I make that hundred per cent count.

I was born in The Hague, and you can still hear it. Some people find me direct. By far the majority appreciate exactly that, because you know exactly where you stand. I don't beat around the bush, not even when you won't like the answer.

On top of that, I bring twenty years of experience in this region. Everything I have seen, learned and been through in that time, I put into practice again every day.

It began in 2003, in Eindhoven

In 2003 I started out as an estate agent in Eindhoven, with a concept that was completely new at the time: the buying agent. What others initially found strange is now a well-known and accepted part of the market. Our starter packages were also unique back then. They allowed first-time buyers to have their home renovated at reduced prices, from a new kitchen and bathroom to complete interior furnishing.

This way, first-time buyers bought an affordable home in a better neighbourhood, renovated it quickly and well with our packages, and immediately created home equity. I found opportunities that not everyone spotted straight away, and I thought along with people about how to make the most of them.

A family of clients

That approach paid off in something I am still proud of. People who moved came back. They were enthusiastic and brought others with them, sometimes whole families: from parents to children and now even grandchildren. I can rightly say that we have become a true family estate agent.

As the market changed, my work shifted more and more from buying to selling. One thing always stayed the same for me, and it has remained my yardstick.

A client relies on our expertise and must be able to trust us completely to get the most out of a sale. Then there is only one thing you can do: give it everything. Not volume, but satisfied clients. That is how I have always worked.

Honest, even if it costs me the instruction

With a valuation, too, I tell you exactly where your home stands and what I think you should do. Not in the interest of winning the instruction, but in your interest. I am not after a signature. I am after a satisfied client who knows what to expect from me.

Why we do things just a little differently

I know exactly how estate agents work towards an instruction to win a client. With valuations I still see people being lured in with empty promises and with an asking price that is never achieved later on. Every estate agent does the job in their own way. Our approach has always been sincere, even when a home is not perfect or when a value given earlier by another agent simply turns out to be far too high.

I also regularly turn a home down. Sometimes because I am not the right estate agent for that target group, and sometimes because there is no rapport with the seller. Because you sell a house together: the seller has to understand the agent, and vice versa. That is exactly why I know precisely what you, as a seller, need to look out for.

We focus entirely on our own work. On a home that has been mapped out in every detail, on a presentation that is right and on marketing that actually reaches the right buyer. Whether it is a small terraced house or a beautiful villa, every home gets the same attention and the same commitment from us.

We still do what I have done from the very beginning: help you sell your house in the best possible way. From the first valuation right through to the transfer at the notary, I stay on top of it personally.

Because in the end it is about only one thing: selling your house as well as possible at the highest price achievable at that moment. Legally sound and with a presentation that is right.

In short: we do what we have been doing for years. Getting the best result for you, with my experience, my knowledge of this region and my honest view of the housing market.

Erik-Jan

Questions? No problem, feel free to call me. I will give you my unvarnished opinion.