The checklist
Every step, in the order it has to happen.
What a sale and a purchase on Bonaire actually require, written from how transactions are run here rather than from the statute book. Tick as you go — the page remembers.
Eight stages. The first three are the ones that decide how the rest goes, and they are the ones most often skipped.
The appointment
Week 1The document file
Weeks 1–6 · start now, it is the critical pathThe asking price
Week 2–3The presentation
Week 4–6 · only once the file is completeIntroduction
Week 6Offer and negotiation
As it comesThe deed of sale
Within days of agreementTransfer at the notary
Typically 4–10 weeks after signingSix stages. Two of them — residency and the R&O statement — are the ones that surprise people, and both are better established early.
Before you look
Week 1Finding it
OngoingDue diligence
Before you offerOffer and contract
DaysBetween contract and transfer
4–10 weeksTransfer
One appointmentWritten from how transactions are actually run on Bonaire, not from statute. Timings are typical rather than guaranteed, and none of it is legal advice. The civil-law notary settles what is required on any given transfer, and a Bonaire advocaat should review anything unusual.
VIIContact
An hour, and no obligation.
We walk the property, give you a written opinion of value with the evidence behind it, and you decide. Bring whatever documents you already have.
Enquiries
In writing, answered the same day
Languages
English and Dutch
Broker
Madison Gentry
Where we work
The whole of Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
