Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch
Where is the building file of your house in 's-Hertogenbosch?
Which archive holds the file depends on the year the permit was granted. Below is where to be for each period, with the date on which I checked it.
This covers Den Bosch, Rosmalen, Empel, Engelen, Nuland, Vinkel and Maasdonk as well.
Period by period
The counters in 's-Hertogenbosch
In 's-Hertogenbosch the files up to 1980 are fully online. Later years are requested from Erfgoed 's-Hertogenbosch or from the municipality.
1898 to 1980
Erfgoed 's-Hertogenbosch
From 1898 to 1980 Erfgoed 's-Hertogenbosch holds the files, and they can be viewed in full and directly online.
As I noted it in Dutch, with the links and the exact terms you will need on their website:
volledig en direct online in te zien op https://www.erfgoedshertogenbosch.nl/onderzoek/hulp-bij-onderzoek/bouwdossiers.
I can look this file up and download it for you.
1981 to 2012
From 1981 to 2012 the files are also with Erfgoed 's-Hertogenbosch, but screened off for reasons of privacy and copyright. Drawings and calculations are requested by email from erfgoed@s-hertogenbosch.nl.
As I noted it in Dutch, with the links and the exact terms you will need on their website:
ook bij Erfgoed 's-Hertogenbosch, maar afgeschermd om reden van privacy en auteursrecht. Tekeningen en berekeningen opvragen per mail bij erfgoed@s-hertogenbosch.nl, tel. (073) 615 51 55.
I can request this file for you.
From 2013
gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch
From 2013 the municipality handles it through a form. A fee applies under the municipal fee regulation; the form states the amount.
As I noted it in Dutch, with the links and the exact terms you will need on their website:
met het formulier op https://formulier.s-hertogenbosch.nl/opvragen-archiefgegevens/startpagina. Hieraan zijn kosten verbonden volgens de legesverordening; het bedrag staat in het formulier.
For this period I have not yet checked whether the archive also supplies me.
Worth knowing
The archive also covers the former municipalities of Rosmalen, Nuland and Maasdonk.
I checked these details on 6 September 2026. Counters and period boundaries change; if something no longer holds, please tell me.
In Dutch
The same page in Dutch, where you can also look up your own address: bouwtekeningen opvragen in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Rather not do this yourself
I put together the file for your address
For € 145 including VAT I collect the building file and everything else known about your address that can matter structurally: the cone penetration tests nearby, the soil profile, the foundation picture of the neighbourhood, the plot details and the aerial photographs year by year. With it you get a reader's guide in English that says what is there and what is missing. For € 295 I also map the load-bearing structure of the house: the walls that carry load on each floor, the roof, the foundation and what keeps it stable. Only after what the public records say, without the archive? Then there is the address report for € 95.
Have me do the structural calculation afterwards and this amount comes off it. If the archive holds nothing, you get your money back.