De Kooi, Leiden
NeighbourhoodThis studio on Formosastraat in Leiden-Noord is a compact home in a lively part of the city. This listing does not state an energy label. As a result, the rest of this page is mainly about the street and the neighbourhood, not the home itself. At €315,000, the asking price is 19% below the neighbourhood average of €386,542, which is keen given the smaller floor area, though the studio is 45% smaller than the average home in De Kooi. For context, studios in Leiden vary widely in price and size.
De Kooi is a dense urban neighbourhood with a mix of pre-war housing and modern flats. Based on two reviews, residents have mixed feelings. One resident says: "Too little police control is causing the neighbourhood to deteriorate rapidly, drug dealers under the bridge, drug users around... the housing association doesn't want to understand!" Another describes it as "a normal neighbourhood like you usually know. However, you do have a lot of drunk people sometimes in the park at the weekend, and also children who get up to a lot of mischief." The area has a high address density (4,344 per km²) and a young population, with many single-person households. For more context, see the De Kooi neighbourhood.
For daily shopping, Hoogvliet is just around the corner, and Albert Heijn is a couple of streets away. Primary schools De Springplank and De Singel are within a five-minute walk, and secondary school Marecollege is also close by. The park or public garden is on your doorstep, and a library is a ten-minute walk away. The area is well served by restaurants and a GP practice. For more on the wider area, see the municipality of Leiden.
At the time of writing the home is listed only via What's Next. The agent has not published an energy label, so the exact efficiency of the home is unknown.
Details of this home
Formosastraat 12, Leiden
Satisfactory · 2 residents
Too little police control is causing the neighbourhood to deteriorate rapidly, drug dealers under the bridge, drug users around and even in bad weather in the flat, the housing association doesn't want to understand! Also many foreign residents in the flat and in the neighbourhood. The mayor and aldermen do nothing about it either. Leiden Noord is in decline! Bins disappear and it's normal for people to throw everything on the ground. Cleaning up dog poop, forget it, you can hardly pick it up anymore because the grass is much too high, so-called care for insects, in my opinion just a cheap cutback. The flat is also getting dirtier. They keep raising the costs but the escape routes haven't been cleaned for almost 5 years. Positive is that there are shops at Kooiplein and in the building there is the library and schools, secondary education at Sumatrastraat. Too bad that not only the government sees the car as a cash cow but the municipality now too.
Auto-translated to English by AIWell, it's actually a normal neighbourhood like you usually know. However, you do have a lot of drunk people sometimes in the park at the weekend, and also children who get up to a lot of mischief. For the rest, it is a pleasant neighbourhood, but unfortunately we don't have as nice contact with our neighbours as before. My neighbourhood has changed a lot compared to my childhood since we had an old neighbour lady who was very close to us. Felt like family..
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Data from De Kooi
39 within 5 km
84 within 5 km
About Formosastraat 12, Leiden
The asking price of €315,000 is 19% below the average asking price in De Kooi (€386,542) and also below the median of €352,000. However, the floor area of 42 m² is 45% smaller than the neighbourhood average of 76 m². So the price per square metre is relatively high, but the absolute price is low for the area. Whether it is fair depends on how much you value a compact home in a central urban location.
The nearest train station is 2.8 km away, which is a reasonable distance for cycling or taking a bus.
De Kooi has a mix of households: about 28% are single-person, 26% are couples without children, and 26% are families with children. The area has several primary schools within walking distance and a secondary school nearby. However, some residents report issues with anti-social behaviour in parks, so it may not suit everyone.
At the time of writing, there are 24 homes for sale in De Kooi, with prices ranging from €175,000 to €689,500. The average asking price is €386,542, and the average floor area is 76 m². Studios like this one are a small segment of the market.
In the most recent data, there were 244 total crimes reported in the neighbourhood. This is a relatively high number for a neighbourhood of about 6,320 residents, and some residents have expressed concerns about drug-related activity and vandalism.
What's Next has published only the street and price on Funda.
6 homes in the neighbourhood De Kooi
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