Gein 4, Amsterdam

Living in Gein 4

Gein 4 is urban but not overwhelming, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (56% houses).

At 4,708 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Amsterdam is the tightest housing market in the Netherlands: international workers, students and families chase the same limited stock, overbidding is routine in popular price bands, and a large social-housing sector keeps much of the city permanently off the open market. Where a buurt sits relative to the ring road (A10) and a metro or tram line explains a surprising share of its price.

The housing market in Gein 4

At €375,000 average WOZ value, Gein 4 ranks 359 out of 426 Amsterdam neighborhoods on price — 26% cheaper than most of the city, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Amsterdam's cheapest buurt averages €42,000 and its priciest €2,286,000, so Gein 4 sits among the city's more affordable ones.

The direction of the market: between 2023 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €348,000 to €375,000, up 8% — faster than the city as a whole (+0%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Only about 1 in 4 homes here is owner-occupied (51% is social housing) — supply on Funda is structurally thin, which concentrates bidding on the few listings that appear. If you find a home here you like, being prepared (financing check done, valuation lined up) is worth more than in neighborhoods where something new lists every week.

Who lives here

Demographically, Gein 4 is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (27% of its 3,380 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 25%. Households split into 42% singles and 36% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 2.0 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes lean modest — 45% of households are among the country's lower earners; average income per resident is €28,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: plan your groceries: the nearest large supermarket is 1.0 km away; dining out means a short trip: only 2 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 11 min walk · GP 10 min · hospital 3.6 km · library 1.6 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 8 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 10-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 12-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; the nearest highway on-ramp is 2.9 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.7 per household).

Energy and running costs

Since 100% 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 Gein 4

Before you bid in Gein 4: listings are scarce here, which pushes bidding above asking more often — decide your maximum before the viewing, not during it. Also, the price gap with the rest of Amsterdam is real, but so is the reason for it — walk the neighborhood at different times of day before committing.

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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