Monday, December 3

Dutch colours


Walking along the Troelstrakade, South-west of the city, you'll find many boat houses where people permanently live. The council house is trying to regulate the number of boat houses by requiring a permit. Expect to pay around 200,000 euro for a 17m*5m boat house in this location....

5 comments:

Fénix - Bostonscapes said...

G'day, Lezard! If a houseboat goes for 200,000 Euro, then how much does a, say, 2 bedroom/1 bathroom flat cost in your city? Also, if you don't mind, what's the annual average family income?

Lezard said...

Just looked up for you in the council's 2006 stats!!! Here what I found:
1. Average yearly disposable income in the Hague just under 30,000 euros.
2. Average selling price flat around 180,000 euros (410,000 euros for a single family house).
Note that in Holland, 100% of your loan interests are deductible from your taxable income.....

Fénix - Bostonscapes said...

Thanks for looking that up, I appreciate it.

So, that would be per capita, right? Then I could assume that a ~55,000 Euro net income would be about right for a family of four (two adults, and two kiddos). If that's so, then a single family house is almost unattainable and a flat, well, kinda tight.

I was hoping that the real estate prices in your country would be a lot less ridiculous than ours, but they seem to be pretty close. :(

R&R said...

Interesting pic, and also the stats.

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

Hi Leazrd ,
Funny that I post about Paris and you about The Hague, Its so intersting how you discribe the Dutch Habits, You know even a lot more about The Hague that I do, thats interesting to me.

I red you like the metro in Paris and that you would use it mostly, well I completely understand that, when I am there, me too!

We Dutch are celebrating "Sinterklaas" I show that "Saint from Spain " on my blog today , its a children's party. Its like "Santa" with Christmas, we celebrate both, Santa Christmas and Santa Klaas now in early 5 December.

See you :)