Alphen aan den Rijn · report
Renovation in Alphen aan den Rijn
In 2024, 18% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 18%
Homes finished in Alphen aan den Rijn, by type of work
Dwellings added each year: by new building, and in existing buildings by transformation, splitting, rebuilding or a change of use. CBS, from the buildings register.
- Conversions
- Extensions
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Extensions | Conversions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 340 | — | 75 | 415 |
| 2023 | 585 | — | 200 | 785 |
| 2022 | 515 | — | 220 | 735 |
| 2021 | 515 | — | 80 | 595 |
| 2020 | 645 | — | 225 | 870 |
| 2019 | 340 | — | 90 | 430 |
| 2018 | 430 | — | 260 | 690 |
| 2017 | 380 | — | 155 | 535 |
| 2016 | 635 | — | 145 | 780 |
| 2015 | 250 | — | 15 | 265 |
| 2014 | 380 | — | 40 | 420 |
| 2013 | 95 | — | 15 | 110 |
CBS counts dwellings, so renovation that adds no dwelling (refurbishing, insulating) is not counted. Homes gained in existing buildings are counted gross: homes lost to merging or demolition are not taken off. From 2012.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €459,675. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,961 a month. The Netherlands sets no single cap on the payment: each year the law fixes how much of their income a household may spend on the mortgage, by income and interest rate.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is what private tenants pay on average, after housing benefit. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €914
- Owning per month
- €1,937
40.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 312
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.7
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −24.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 108 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,510 while 952 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.6
- Population change, 2025
- +1,510
3.2% of the 52,115 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 1,650