Spacious semi-detached home with five bedrooms and landscaped garden in Hoorn

This semi-detached home is located at Het Gangwerk 18 in Hoorn, North Holland, within the Grote Waal neighborhood known as Buurt 13 05. The property offers 226 square meters of living space situated on a plot of 422 square meters. The current owners have lived in the home for 46 years and have undertaken various renovations and improvements during their tenure, resulting in a well-maintained residence that is now being offered to the next generation of owners.

The entrance area provides parking on the premises with a covered entrance equipped with an outdoor tap and electrical outlets. From this area, there is access to the garage and the front door, which features single-glazed windows and a side window that leads into the home.

Upon entering through the front door, you arrive in a spacious hallway with a tiled floor that continues throughout the living room and garden room. The hallway includes a wardrobe corner, a radiator, and a separate toilet room finished with light wall tiles, a wall-hung toilet, a corner sink, and a central extraction system.

The kitchen is a Van Gils corner configuration featuring a high natural stone countertop and a light tiled backsplash. A large window with plastic frames and HR++ glass provides a pleasant view of the courtyard area. The kitchen offers substantial storage capacity with cabinets, drawers, two carousel cabinets, and upper cabinets with under-cabinet lighting. Built-in appliances include a dishwasher from 2024, an oven from 2020, a refrigerator-freezer combination from 2022, a stainless steel extractor hood from 2025 with external ventilation, a microwave, a five-burner gas stove, and a one-and-a-half sink with a Quooker instant boiling water tap and close-in boiler.

The living room is a generous garden-facing space characterized by abundant natural light. French doors with insect screens open to the garden, and a floor-to-ceiling side window enhances the bright atmosphere. The window frames were installed in 2010 in plastic with HR++ glass. The walls feature granol plaster finish. For cooler winter evenings, there is an open fireplace with a wide mantelpiece, and the room is equipped with a picture hanging system.

An open staircase leads to the upper sleeping floor, and the living room provides access to the garden room.

The garden room is an equally spacious area with large windows in plastic frames featuring HR++ glass and ventilation grilles. Panel radiators provide heating, and this room serves as a central hub within the home. From here, there is access to the office space.

The office has laminate flooring and a garden door, with access to the internally reachable garage. This space is particularly suitable for a home practice, as it can be easily accessed via a side gate in the garden without disturbing the main living areas.

The garage is spacious with a cavity wall, an additional door to the covered entrance, and an insulated sectional door. The garage is frost-free with a radiator installed, houses the inverter for the solar panels, and tapers toward the back, providing substantial storage capacity.

The first floor is reached via an open staircase with a concrete floor structure. There is a lockable intermediate hallway providing access to the landing and a spacious roof terrace with views over the garden. This roof terrace can also be accessed directly from one of the bedrooms. The facade cladding and fascia boards are finished in plastic and Trespa material.

The first bedroom at the rear is a generous room with smooth plastered and wallpapered walls, plastic frames with tilt-and-turn windows and insect screens, and a high side window also in plastic. All windows on this floor feature HR++ glass.

The second bedroom at the front is a spacious room with smooth plastered and wallpapered walls overlooking the courtyard. This room contains an infrared sauna that will remain for the new owners.

The third bedroom is a particularly large room described as having a ballroom quality, featuring a tilt-and-turn door with pleated insect screen leading to the roof terrace. Behind louvered doors, there is a deep walk-in closet, and substantial storage space is available behind the knee walls.

The first bathroom was renovated in 2010 and features light tiled walls and a dark tiled floor, an aluminum ceiling with recessed spotlights, and a window with tilt-and-turn function in a plastic frame for natural ventilation along with central extraction. The bathroom includes a shower corner with glass door, thermostatic faucet, drain, and a seating ledge. A large jacuzzi bathtub is installed for relaxation. Additional fixtures include a second wall-hung toilet, a wide porcelain double sink, a mirror cabinet, electrical outlets, and a designer radiator for warming and drying towels.

A separate laundry room features tiled floors and walls, connections for washing machine and dryer, a radiator, space for cabinets, and central extraction.

The second floor is accessed via a closed staircase from a lockable stairwell with a concrete floor. The flooring is wood-look vinyl that continues into the bedrooms. This floor was renovated in 2010 to its current layout.

The fourth bedroom at the rear is another generous room with a plastic window frame and HR++ glass, walls with non-woven wallpaper, storage space, and a pantry area with sink, tabletop refrigerator, upper cabinets with under-cabinet lighting, and electrical outlets.

The fifth bedroom at the front is a characterful room with plastic window frames and access to its own roof terrace with balcony tiles. The roofing beneath this terrace was replaced in 2023. This room offers views with beautiful sunsets. An air conditioning unit was installed in 2025 that provides both cooling and heating functions. The walls are finished with non-woven wallpaper, and there is a Velux skylight with blackout curtain. This floor is ideally suited for teenagers or children living at home.

A substantial boiler room houses the central heating system with filling valve, the central extraction system, and additional storage space.

The second bathroom was created in 2010 with light tiled walls, dark floor, a deep walk-in shower with thermostatic faucet and drain, an electric designer radiator, sink, third wall-hung toilet, central extraction, and a Velux skylight that opens for natural ventilation. Recessed spotlights provide lighting, and outlets are available for charging devices.

The garden was designed by an English landscape architect and represents a notable feature of the property. Multiple terraces allow selection of sun or shade throughout the day, including a terrace with built-in seating where the sun can be enjoyed until approximately 9 PM in summer. The garden includes a side gate, canopy, a small pond, outdoor tap, electrical outlets, and a fruit tree. The garden measures approximately 250 square meters with dimensions of 10 meters deep and 25 meters wide, oriented to the northeast and accessible via a rear path.

Notable technical features include plastic window frames installed in 2010 with HR++ glass, Keralit facade cladding, and Trespa fascia boards contributing to low maintenance requirements. Flat roof covering was renewed in 2022 with warranty remaining. The crawl space was insulated with hydro shells in 2001, and the facades were re-pointed and impregnated in 2008. The property has seven solar panels and holds an Energy Label B rating. Heating is provided by a Remeha gas-fired combination boiler from 2020, which is owned by the sellers. Hot water comes from the central heating boiler and an electric boiler.

The location offers proximity to schools, a shopping center, the historic city center of Hoorn, and the Stadsstrand city beach. A playground is situated in the courtyard for young children, and there is a football field at the rear of the property. The home is situated in a quiet residential environment with only local traffic.