Wittevrouwen, Utrecht
NeighbourhoodThis 1895 terraced house on Bollenhofsestraat sits in the heart of Wittevrouwen, a neighbourhood that feels like a village within the city. With 96 m² over three floors and a 69 m² plot, it's a classic Dutch townhouse with energy label C. The asking price of €625,000 is exactly the median for the area, so it's in line with the market. For context, terraced houses in Utrecht sell for an average of €6,865 per m².
Wittevrouwen is densely populated (5,360 addresses per km²) and very urban. It's a mix of students, young professionals, and families, though one resident paints a stark picture: "Too expensive, dilapidated white neighbourhood," they say, describing "a fascist neighbourhood that claims to be left-wing" with "poorly maintained streets" and "huge nuisance of students." They note that "social housing is only 6 percent" and that "there is no cohesion." This is just one review, but it highlights the tensions in an area where average incomes are high but inequality is visible. The neighbourhood Wittevrouwen has 6,730 residents, mostly one-person households, and 61% of homes are owner-occupied.
For your morning bread, Albert Heijn is just around the corner, and Jumbo is a couple of streets away. There are two primary schools within a five-minute walk: Openbare Jenaplanschool Wittevrouwen and Basisschool De Wissel. A park or public garden is on your doorstep, and a restaurant is just around the corner. The municipality Utrecht offers all the amenities you'd expect from a major city, with a train station a ten-minute walk away.
At the time of writing, the home is listed via PEEK&POMPE MAKELAARS and also appears on Funda, so it's available through several channels.
Details of this home
Bollenhofsestraat 51, 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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Data from Wittevrouwen
67 within 5 km
125 within 5 km
About Bollenhofsestraat 51, Utrecht
The asking price of €625,000 is exactly the median price for homes currently for sale in Wittevrouwen. The average price per m² in the neighbourhood is €6,865, and this home has 96 m², so the price is in line with the market. Terraced houses in Utrecht typically sell close to the asking price, with an average selling time of 41 days.
This home has energy label C. That means it's reasonably efficient, not the best, but far from the worst. In Wittevrouwen, about 35% of homes have label C, and another 35% have label A. With a house built in 1895, label C is decent, but you can expect moderate energy costs.
Wittevrouwen has 740 households with children out of 4,090 total, so about 18% of households have kids. There are two primary schools within a five-minute walk, and a secondary school is a ten-minute walk away. However, one resident describes the area as dominated by students and lacking social cohesion, so it may not suit everyone.
The nearest train station is 2.1 km away, which is about a 25-minute walk or a short cycle.
In the most recent data, there were 316 total crimes reported in the neighbourhood. That's a moderate number for a densely populated urban area. One resident mentions "vomit, glass, and rubbish" and "graffiti everywhere," but crime figures are not broken down by type here.
The plot size is 69 m², but the listing does not specify whether there is a garden.
6 homes in the neighbourhood Wittevrouwen
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