Getfert, Enschede

Living in Getfert

Getfert is densely built and genuinely urban, and the stock is a genuine mix of apartments and family houses (47% houses).

At 7,415 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Enschede is a university city near the German border with some of the lowest big-city prices in the country. The technical university sustains steady rental demand, and cross-border shopping in Gronau is a genuine local perk.

The housing market in Getfert

The average home value (WOZ) in Getfert is €273,000, which puts it at #36 of 65 neighborhoods in Enschede — 9% below the city median, which makes it one of the more approachable entry points into the city. For scale: Enschede's cheapest buurt averages €147,000 and its most expensive €860,000, so Getfert sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €144,000 to €279,000, up 94% — 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: 36% owner-occupied against 64% rental, including 35% 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, Getfert is shaped by people in their late twenties to early forties (32% of its 4,460 residents), followed by 15-to-25 year olds at 23%. More than half of all households (62%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.6 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 61% of households are in the lower national bracket; average income per resident is €28,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: groceries are a non-issue — 3 large supermarkets within a kilometer; there are about 22 cafés and restaurants within walking distance — enough choice without the crowds.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 10 min walk · GP 10 min · hospital 0.8 km · library 1.6 km · 2 cinemas 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 10 minutes on foot; daycare is 0.8 km away — check waiting lists early, they are long everywhere in the Netherlands; secondary school is a 4-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 10-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.8 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; and at 0.6 cars per household, most residents simply don't own one — if you do, factor in permit costs and waiting lists before you buy.

Energy and running costs

Since 68% 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 Getfert

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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