House clearance Zoetermeer
House clearance in Zoetermeer
A gallery access flat in Palenstein, a retirement flat in Meerzicht or a family house in Rokkeveen. Nova clears homes throughout Zoetermeer, from the top floor to the storage unit downstairs, and hands them over broom clean, the standard Dutch handover condition.
Clearing in a new town
Zoetermeer was built up in thirty years, and we notice that now
Around 1960 fewer than ten thousand people lived here. As a designated growth centre for the Hague region that rose to a hundred thousand residents in 1991 and more than 130,000 now. Anyone who moved into Buytenwegh or De Leyens as a young family in the nineteen seventies is now well into their eighties. We see that in the requests that reach us from Zoetermeer.
It is rarely a move in which everything comes along. Usually part of the contents has to go and the home has to be left empty on a fixed date.
- Moving to retirement housingPart of it comes along to the flat or the care home. The rest we take away, and we hand over the old home.
- Clearance after a deathWe pick out papers, photographs and jewellery before anything goes into the van. You can read more about that under house clearance after a death.
- Tenancy ended, date already fixedIf you are working towards a key handover date, we plan towards it. If it has to be quicker, see emergency clearance.
- Office or consulting roomZoetermeer has a great deal of office space. We clear a whole floor as well, see commercial clearance.
Different in every neighbourhood
From the first blocks of flats in Palenstein to Oosterheem
The neighbourhoods of Zoetermeer were each put up in a single period. The year of construction usually tells us in advance how the clearance will go.
Palenstein, Driemanspolder and Meerzicht
The oldest growth centre neighbourhoods, with the first pile driven in Palenstein in 1966. Walk up and gallery access blocks with small lifts, narrow communal entrances and storage units on the ground floor. Five gallery blocks in Palenstein have been demolished and low rise has come back in their place, but in the surrounding streets the high rise is still standing.
Buytenwegh, De Leyens and Seghwaert
Built from the middle of the nineteen seventies onwards, in woonerven, shared residential courts with short streets and parking spaces at some distance from the front door. Here we more often walk a stretch with the contents. During the survey we agree where the box truck will stand and whether we bring a smaller van along.
Noordhove, Rokkeveen and Oosterheem
Younger work: Noordhove from 1986, Rokkeveen from 1987 and Oosterheem from 2000. Roomier family houses with an extension, a shed and a full loft, and flats with a lift that a sofa actually fits into. Here it is more often a sale than the end of a tenancy.
Working in blocks of flats
Most of the work lies in the route out
With a family house we put the contents straight onto the pavement. In a block of flats there is a gallery, a lift, a communal entrance and sometimes a barrier between the front door and the box truck.
- Lift arranged in advanceWe agree with the VvE, the owners association of the block, or with the housing association that the lift is available that day, and we protect the walls.
- The gallery stays clearWhatever comes out goes straight down. Neighbours do not have to climb around it.
- Storage unit and cellar store includedThe store belongs to the home and is checked at the final inspection. We empty it under the same instruction.
- If it does not fit in the liftThen we take it apart or carry it down the stairwell. We agree that during the survey.
Back to the landlord
Handing over to De Goede Woning, Vidomes or Stedelink
About a third of all homes in Zoetermeer belong to a woningcorporatie, a social housing association. So there is a good chance the home has to go back to De Goede Woning, Vidomes or Stedelink, the association that took over the Zoetermeer housing of Vestia at the start of 2023. Each has its own list of what stays in place and what has to come out.
We work towards that list. If a pre-inspection has already taken place, pass those points on during the survey: they then go into the instruction and are included in the fixed price. Usually it means carpet and laminate out, skirting boards and curtain rails off, screw holes filled and everything broom clean. Afterwards you receive photographs and a handover report for the final inspection.
- Studio or small flatFrom € 500
- Terraced house or family home€ 1.000 to € 1.750
- Detached house or large property€ 1.750 to € 3.000 or more
- High floor or tight liftTakes more time. We say so during the survey, not afterwards on the invoice.
Costs
What does a house clearance in Zoetermeer cost?
Our box trucks leave from Raadhuisplein in Bodegraven. That is a little over 25 kilometres along the A12, just under half an hour. There is no call out charge.
What the amount comes to depends mainly on the volume and on the floor the home is on. On top of that comes whatever else has to go. After the free survey you hear one amount within 24 hours, and it stays as it is. You can read how such a price is put together on the page about house clearance.
About Zoetermeer
More than 130,000 people on thirty seven square kilometres
Zoetermeer is densely built and went up in a short time. Almost half of the housing stock consists of flats and more than a third is owned by housing associations. In 1962 the town was given the role of growth centre for Den Haag and from then on it was laid out neighbourhood by neighbourhood, up to Oosterheem around the turn of the century.
More than a fifth of the residents are older than 65. Zoetermeer is not a notably old town, but the figure is rising quickly here: the first people to move into Palenstein or Meerzicht are now reaching the age at which smaller living comes up, at roughly the same time as their neighbours. Many of those homes have never changed hands, so there are fifty years of belongings inside.
The town is easy to reach: the A12 along the north side, the N470 from Delft and Pijnacker, three railway stations and RandstadRail to Den Haag. Within the neighbourhoods it is harder, with woonerven, speed humps and bollards. That is why we look at where the box truck can stand during the survey.
- Just over 25 km from Bodegraven
- Almost half flats
Service area
Zoetermeer and the edges around it
We come to every neighbourhood in Zoetermeer, from het Dorp to Oosterheem. Just outside the town we work in Benthuizen, Zoeterwoude, Leidschendam, Nootdorp, Pijnacker and Bleiswijk. Along the A12 lie Waddinxveen, Gouda and Bodegraven, where we are based ourselves, and to the north Alphen aan den Rijn.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about house clearance in Zoetermeer
My mother lives on the eighth floor. How do you get everything down?
By lift, and we arrange that in advance. We agree with the VvE or the housing association that it is free that day and we line the walls. If a wardrobe or a sofa does not fit in, we take it apart or carry it down the stairwell.
Is the cellar store or the storage unit included as well?
Yes. The storage unit belongs to the home and is opened at the final inspection like everything else. We empty it under the same instruction, including bicycles, paint tins and garden things. Tell us during the survey where the store is.
The home has to go back to De Goede Woning. What do you look at then?
At what is written in the pre-inspection report. Usually it means carpet and laminate out, skirting boards and curtain rails off, screw holes filled and everything broom clean, the balcony and the storage unit included. Pass those points on during the survey and they are covered by the fixed price.
The tenancy agreement still says Vestia. Is that still correct?
Vestia was split up on 1 January 2023. The Zoetermeer housing went to Stedelink. In practice little changes for the handover: there is an inspection, there is a list and there is a key handover date. We hand over the way the current landlord asks for it.
In De Leyens the lorry cannot reach the door. Is that a problem?
No, we know that from the woonerven in Buytenwegh, De Leyens and Seghwaert. We put the box truck at the nearest point where it is allowed to stand and go back and forth with sack trucks, or we bring a smaller van along. We decide that during the survey, so that it does not change the price afterwards.
Do the neighbours or the VvE need to know anything in advance?
With a block of flats that is useful. We report to the manager where that is needed for the lift or for a loading space, and we work normal working hours. Nothing is left standing in the gallery.
What happens to the post and the paperwork of a flat in Meerzicht?
We do not throw papers away. Bank statements, letters and photo albums we set aside in crates, so that you or the notary can go through them at your leisure. If we are in any doubt, we send a photograph first.
How soon can you start in Zoetermeer?
A survey is usually in the diary within 1 to 3 working days, and the clearing itself one to two weeks after that. If the key handover date is almost here, do give us a call: at short notice it is often possible within 24 to 48 hours.
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