De Haven, Apeldoorn

Living in De Haven

De Haven is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (29% houses).

At 6,479 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Apeldoorn is a low-rise, green family market on the edge of the Veluwe national park — more space per euro than the west of the country, in exchange for a longer commute. It consistently attracts families trading Randstad apartments for gardens.

The housing market in De Haven

The average home value (WOZ) in De Haven is €332,000, which puts it at #61 of 82 neighborhoods in Apeldoorn — 26% below the city median, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Apeldoorn's cheapest buurt averages €246,000 and its most expensive €936,000, so De Haven sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €173,000 to €327,000, up 89% — slower than the city as a whole (+100%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 56% owner-occupied against 44% rental, including 19% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, De Haven is one of the older neighborhoods in the city — seniors form the largest group (32% of its 2,045 residents), followed by 25-to-45 year olds at 25%. Households split into 53% singles and 17% families with children — a real mix rather than one lifestyle. The average household counts 1.7 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 48% of households are in the lower national bracket.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 5 minutes' walk; with roughly 50 cafés and restaurants within a kilometer, you will never cook out of necessity.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 8 min walk · GP 12 min · hospital 3.2 km · library 1.2 km · 1 cinema within 5 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 12 minutes on foot; daycare is 1.0 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 5-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the train station is 11 minutes on foot — commuting without a car is the natural choice; the nearest highway on-ramp is 3.6 km away; car ownership is moderate (0.8 per household).

Before you bid in De Haven

Before you bid in De Haven: the price gap with the rest of Apeldoorn is real, but so is the reason for it — walk the neighborhood at different times of day before committing. Also, with many older residents, more homes will come to market here over the coming years than the recent past suggests — patience can pay.

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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