Spacious 19th Century Townhouse with Garden House in Haarlem's Frans Halsbuurt

This characteristic and very spacious townhouse is located on walking distance from the center of Haarlem. The atmospheric property features a souterrain, a delightful back garden with rear entrance, and a surprisingly spacious freestanding garden house. The garden house is ideal for older children seeking more independence or as a care facility for family members.

Living on the Frans Halsstraat means enjoying the space and the unique location in a popular neighborhood. This stately and well-maintained townhouse from 1890 offers approximately 242m² of living space, excluding the garden house of 37m². With a sunny terrace and a backyard accessible via stairs facing southwest, this is a place where you can immediately feel at home. Additionally, there is a closed rear entrance that provides access to a child-friendly city garden/playground. The Frans Halshofje is maintained by the neighborhood residents through a foundation, and they organize events such as Christmas carols and neighborhood barbecues. The houses in this part of the street were originally officer residences and formed part of the nearby Ripperdakazerne, an old military barracks with a rich history.

The building exudes the atmosphere of the late 19th century with its ornamental ceilings on the ground floor with a height of approximately 3.66 meters. Many other original details are still present, such as the hard stone fireplaces, the en suite room, the spacious hall with marble tiles, stairs, and panel doors. There is a spacious basement with plenty of storage space and excellent possibilities for working from home or as a hobby room. The garden house is accessible via the rear entrance and features a living room, a toilet, a shower, and a sleeping area on the first floor.

The location is ideal and child-friendly yet within short walking distance of the train station, the cozy center of Haarlem, schools, childcare, and various neighborhood shops. Additionally, highways toward Amsterdam, Schiphol, and The Hague are quickly accessible.

In short, a spacious and very characteristic building from 1900 with many original details.

The layout of the property is as follows. The ground floor includes an entrance with meter cupboard, spacious hall with closet under the stairs, toilet with faucet, a spacious living kitchen with a pleasant island placed at the front, the kitchen is equipped with various built-in appliances, living/dining room at the rear with French doors to the delightful sunny terrace and the garden.

The first floor features a landing, first bathroom with toilet, granito floor and shower, two bedrooms, the first and largest bedroom is located at the front and has direct access to the second bathroom, this modern bathroom is equipped with a bathtub, shower, and double sink. The second bedroom has a sink and the first bathroom is directly opposite it.

The second floor offers a spacious landing with storage space and access to two large bedrooms. Both rooms are well usable as a bedroom, office, or hobby room. Accessible via a hatch is an attic suitable for storage. This floor has good possibilities for rearrangement.

The souterrain consists of a spacious room that can be used for multiple purposes. Additionally, there is a bathroom, shower, a sauna, a separate laundry room with connections for washing machine and dryer, and a hallway with stairs to the ground floor. There is also a large storage room from which you can also reach the garden again.

The garden house stands at the back of the garden. On the ground floor of the garden house, there is a hall, shower, toilet with faucet, and the living room with French doors to the garden. Via the stairs, the upper floor is accessible with a bedroom. The garden house can be used, for example, as a guest accommodation, workspace, or hobby room.

Behind the property is a spacious terrace followed by the garden and the rear entrance, there is also a place for bicycles under the overhang.

Special features include delivery in consultation, living area 279m², including the garden house approximately 37m², volume approximately 940m³, all measurements according to industry-wide measurement instructions, fully equipped with double glazing, heating and hot water via CV boiler Nefit Topline installed in 2010, chimney last swept in 2026, bathroom upstairs equipped with floor heating, electricity 12 groups with 3 earth leakage circuit breakers, meter cupboard replaced in 2023, founded on steel as far as known, the garden house has its own cadastral number, EPA label C, municipal monument, construction year 1900.

The property has 8 rooms in total including 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 3 separate toilets. The energy label is C and the property has double glazing throughout. Heating is provided by a CV boiler and partial floor heating. The hot water is also supplied by the CV boiler. The CV boiler is a Nefit Topline (gas-fired combi boiler from 2010, owned).

The cadastral data shows HAARLEM B 2084 with a surface area of 127m² in full ownership, and HAARLEM B 2562 with a surface area of 34m² also in full ownership.

The backyard is 58m² in size, 8.87 meters deep and 6.49 meters wide, located on the southwest and accessible via rear entrance. The property is located in a residential area and parking is through permits.