The start page is your point of call for sites which have - in the web-editor’s eyes - shown their value over the years. Far less inclusive than Google, Ilse or Yahoo, this page holds a collection culled from my most used bookmarks. Consumers’ Affairs: A ‘Geschillencommissie’ is any grouping with representatives from consumers and producers who will look at your complaint - thus may obviate the need to go to court. The majority are connected through the Stichting Geschillencommissies voor Consumentenzaken www.sgc.nl Food: supermarkets include Albert Heijn www.ah.nl for elderly and those recovering from illness there is a ready to microwave ‘ordinary’ meal service which delivers frozen meals from a huge selection once a week, www.apetito.nl Housing: The house which you found may need alterations. the ‘Vereniging Eigen Huis’ is an active membership based organisation, who maintain www.verbouwwijzer.nl . Stichting Bouwgarant is one of several clubs which take the financial sting out of imperfect builders’ work: www.bouwgarant.nl . There is another site, www.bouwendnederland.nl which is harder to describe. The equivalent to the RIBA is the BNA, Bond van Nederlandse Architecten www.bna.nl Consulting Engineers or Raadgevend Ingenieurs Bureaux are at www.onri.nl , and the engineers themselves are united in www.kiviniria.nl . Please be aware that Ingenieur is protected by law, and can only be used by graduates of specific Technical Universities, Technische Hogescholen, and a few other University departments. Handymen and floor people are united in ‘Vloeren en Klussen Nederland, at www.vlok.nl . | 
