2.1.3Blijkens het koopcontract heeft de koop betrekking op unit 1A en bedraagt de overeengekomen koopsom US$ 150.000,00, waarvan
US$ 30.000,00 te betalen bij wijze van voorschot.
Art. II van het koopcontract bepaalt:
1.(...)
2.An amount of
THIRTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(US$ 30,000)will be paid by Buyer as a
NON REFUNDABLEdeposit. (...)
3.The balance of the purchase price amounting to
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$ 120,000)shall be paid as
follows:
a. The balance of
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS (US$. 120,000)shall be financed by Seller or a
Company to be stipulated by Seller on the terms as indicated in the loan and
collateral agreement signed between parties. The terms for the mortgage are
as follows: 7% interest for 15 year mortgage with a balloon payment after
the 7th Year. A first right of mortgage will be established on the right of
apartment being sold herein in favor of Seller or its assignees. The deed of
establishment of the mortgage will be signed and passed at the Notary
simultaneously with the deed of transfer of the property.
4.(...)"
De in het koopcontract opgenomen "conditions and stipulations" (hierna: de conditions) bepalen onder meer:
2.The notarial deed of closing, which shall be drawn up in accordance with this
provisional deed of sale and purchase, will be passed on January 15th 2014 or as
sooner or later as is mutually agreed by both parties in writing, at the civil notary
offices SPS on Sint Maarten.
3.(...)
Rights and obligations of Buyer:
4.(...)
7.All profits and charges of the property are for the account of the Buyer from the day
of signing of this agreement and/or transfer of the keys tot Buyer.
8.(...)
10.In the event that one of the parties, after receiving a summon, remains in default during fourteen days to fulfill its obligations as stated above, after that period of
fourteen days the other party shall have the right to:
a. either consider this agreement canceled without intervention of the Judge and
to demand as damages from the defaulting party an immediately claimable
and payable amount of Ten percent (10%) of the total purchase price in
addition to the
THIRTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS (US$. 30.000).
b. or demand compliance (...).
11.In case of non-compliance or non-proper compliance with the terms of this agreement, otherwise than because of force majeure, the defaulting party will be
liable towards the other party for any and all damages, including all court, legal and
other expenses and interests as a result of such non or non-proper compliance."
Aan de zijde van Beacon Four is het koopcontract ondertekend door
[betrokkene 2], aangeduid als "managing director".
2.1.11Bij op 3 juni 2014 aan Beacon Four betekende brief hebben
[geïntimeerden] onder meer bericht:
"By the end of February 2014 we informed Beacon Four N.V. (via [betrokkene 1]) that we were ready to close and enquired as to whether a date for the closing could be determined soon. [betrokkene 1] however informed us that he would prefer us to obtain financing from a bank instead of the agreed upon "owner/seller financing" and also offered to introduce us to the FCIB bank. We agreed to this proposal with the special condition that if bank financing was not successful, we would revert to the agreed upon owner/seller financing.
(...)
The Civil Code of Sint Maarten requires a proper summons letter with a proper opportunity to fulfil the obligations as mentioned in the agreement.
We never received such summons letter, reason why the cancellation from you and / or your company of the agreement is null and void / invalid.
On the contrary, we are of the opinion however that you and your company are in violation with your obligations based on the sale- and purchase agreement:
- Despite requests thereto by us, you still have not scheduled and you refuse to
schedule a date for the closing (...);
- Based on article 7 of the sale- and purchase agreement, we are entitled to all profits
and charges of the property as of the day of signing the agreement. We have never
received any of the rental income not any profits from the apartment.
As a result of this breach of contract by you and your company, we have not been able to finalise the sale and transfer of the apartment nor have we ever received any "profits/income" from the apartment.
We are of the opinion that the non-performance of you and your company must be qualified as breach of contract as meant in the Civil Code. (...)
You and your company are officially declared to be in default.
We hereby give your company one last opportunity to repair the default and we give you / your company the opportunity to comply with your obligations based on the(revised) sale and purchase agreement within 14 days after the date of this letter.
This means primarily that a date for the closing in order to transfer apartment 1B to us will have to be scheduled by you and your company within 14 days after the date of this letter and you and your company will provide full cooperation to this closing. (...)
If the default has not been repaired and you and your company have not completely fulfilled the obligations based on the sale and purchase agreement within the aforementioned 14 days, we will seek compensation as described in article 10 and 11 of the sale and purchase agreement."
2.1.12Bij e-mailbericht van 3 juni 2014 om 4:23 PM, heeft de advocaat
mr. J. Veen, met gebruikmaking van het e-mailaccount van [betrokkene 2], aan
[geïntimeerde 1], met cc naar twee geadresseerden van het notariskantoor SPS, onder meer bericht:
"We represent Beacon Four N.V. Reference is made to Sale and Purchase Agreement signed with you on October 29, 2013 pertaining to Unit 1A (...). My client would like to move forward with this transaction and you are herewith invited to confirm to me your availability to sign the deed of transfer at any time convenient to you in the Month of June 2014. For the sake of completeness, I have copied Mrs. [betrokkenen 3 en 4] on this e-mail so they can schedule the closing date once you have informed either one of them (and me) when you could both appear for the signatures.
(...) [betrokkene 1] cannot make any legally binding commitments on behalf of Beacon Four N.V. (...)
Insofar a legally binding verbal agreement was made to sell unit 1B to you, quod non, this verbal agreement is herewith annulled. (...)
Again, my client would like you to comply with your obligations stemming from the written contract pertaining to unit 1A. Please realize that if the closing does not take place in the month of June 2014 because you do not want to cooperate, you will be in default and that will lead to cancellation of the contract (...).
Alternatively you could let me know that you prefer to cancel the entire agreement in which case we would be happy to do so and release the deposit back to you without any further obligations on either side.
Awaiting to hear from you (...)"