Wittevrouwen, Utrecht
NeighbourhoodThis 1893 terrace house on the Bollenhofsestraat sits in the heart of Wittevrouwen, a neighbourhood that feels like a village within the city. With 90 m² of living space and an 85 m² plot, it's a compact but characterful home. The asking price of €715,000 is 19% above the neighbourhood average of €601,125, which puts it on the high side compared to other terraced houses in Utrecht.
Wittevrouwen is a dense, urban area with a very high address density (5,360 addresses per km²). It's a young neighbourhood: nearly 37% of residents are between 25 and 45, and a third of households are singles. One resident sums it up bluntly: "Too expensive, dilapidated white neighbourhood." They describe a place with poorly maintained streets, litter, graffiti, and student nuisance, where social housing is only 6% and homes are being split into smaller units. It's a stark view, but it's the only review available. The neighbourhood Wittevrouwen clearly has a strong character, for better or worse.
For your morning bread, Albert Heijn is just around the corner, and Jumbo is a couple of streets away. There are several primary schools within a five-minute walk, including Openbare Jenaplanschool Wittevrouwen and KBS Montessori Buiten Wittevrouwen. A park or public garden is on your doorstep, and a restaurant is just around the corner. The municipality Utrecht offers all the amenities of a major city, with a train station a ten-minute walk away.
At the time of writing, the home is listed through several channels, including Punt Makelaars Utrecht.
Details of this home
Bollenhofsestraat 194, Utrecht
Mediocre · 1 resident
A fascist neighbourhood that claims to be left-wing. Poorly maintained streets. Everywhere there is vomit, glass, and rubbish. Dirty pavements, graffiti everywhere, every street suffers from a huge nuisance of students. Students overpopulate the area. No diversity, too expensive shops. Only rich white people. Social inequality is clearly visible here. 1000 metres away in Overvecht people have nothing, here in abundance. Full of snobs. Social housing is only 6 percent, deliberately sold off, all homes are being split: unliveable, too much noise, and expanded with extra floors. People earn an average of 6-10,000 per month and look like tramps. There is no cohesion, people are focused on themselves, all islands. The atmosphere is gone. It was once a beautiful neighbourhood, but yuppies, damn students and damn expats have turned it into a white enclave of coke-sniffing egotrippers.
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About Bollenhofsestraat 194, Utrecht
The asking price is 19% above the average asking price in Wittevrouwen (€601,125) and also above the median (€625,000). However, sold homes in the neighbourhood went for an average of €614,545, taking 41 days to sell. Given the energy label D and the compact size, the price is on the high side compared to other homes in the area.
The home has energy label D. In Wittevrouwen, 34.9% of homes have label A, 4.7% label B, 34.9% label C, and 25.6% label D or lower. So label D is below average for the neighbourhood, meaning you can expect higher energy costs than in a better-insulated home.
Wittevrouwen is a very urban area with a high density of addresses. It has a young population, many singles, and a mix of students and professionals. The only resident review describes it as expensive, poorly maintained, and dominated by students, with little social cohesion. It's a neighbourhood with strong opinions, so it's worth visiting to see if it suits you.
There are several primary schools within a five-minute walk: Openbare Jenaplanschool Wittevrouwen (251 m), KBS Montessori Buiten Wittevrouwen (458 m), and Basisschool De Wissel (460 m). For secondary education, School aan de Singel is about 765 m away.
The nearest train station is 2.1 km away, which is about a 25-minute walk or a short cycle ride.
In the most recent data, there were 316 total crimes reported in Wittevrouwen. Given the neighbourhood's density and student population, it's worth being aware of the resident's comments about litter and nuisance.
6 homes in the neighbourhood Wittevrouwen
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