De Biezen, Amersfoort

Living in De Biezen

De Biezen is urban but not overwhelming, and the housing is dominated by single-family houses (99%), which is what draws settlers rather than passers-through.

With just 2,930 residents per km², this is space by Dutch standards.

Amersfoort sits at the rail crossroads of the Netherlands, which makes it a favorite for couples commuting in different directions. A well-preserved medieval center is ringed by thoughtfully planned newer districts like Vathorst.

The housing market in De Biezen

At €577,000 average WOZ value, De Biezen ranks 21 out of 125 Amersfoort neighborhoods on price — 40% above the city median. You pay for the location here. For scale: Amersfoort's cheapest buurt averages €102,000 and its most expensive €1,329,000, so De Biezen sits in the upper band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €325,000 to €596,000, up 83% — slower than the city as a whole (+110%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

With 98% of homes owner-occupied, this is a settled buyers' neighborhood — homes change hands regularly, and you can usually find recent comparable sales on the same street to anchor your bid. Settled also means slower: owners here tend to stay, so the best houses may only list once a decade.

Who lives here

Demographically, De Biezen is dominated by established households in the 45-to-65 bracket (40% of its 365 residents), followed by over-65s at 23%. 42% of households have children at home, so expect school runs, playgrounds in use, and neighbors who stay put. The average household counts 2.5 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: 50% of households sit in the country's top income bracket — which helps explain both the café density and the bidding behavior.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 1.4 km away; dining out means a short trip: only 3 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 17 min walk · GP 10 min · hospital 2.9 km · library 1.2 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: the nearest primary school is 11 minutes on foot; daycare is well covered (2 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 12-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the nearest train station is 4.8 km out, so day-to-day life here leans on the car or bus; a highway on-ramp 1.5 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; households here average 1.3 cars, so assume driveways and parking are part of daily logistics.

Energy and running costs

Since 94% of the stock predates 2000, always check the energy label of a specific listing — the difference between label C and label F on an average home here is easily a few thousand euros a year in heating, and it changes what you can sensibly bid.

Before you bid in De Biezen

Before you bid in De Biezen: in a premium buurt the risk isn't buying a bad home, it's overpaying for a good one — anchor your bid on recent sales of comparable homes, not on the asking price. Also, family neighborhoods like this one turn over slowly; when a good house appears it often goes to the first serious, well-prepared bidder.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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