Leidschendam-Voorburg · report
Renovation in Leidschendam-Voorburg
In 2024, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 11%
Homes finished in Leidschendam-Voorburg, 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 | 165 | — | 20 | 185 |
| 2023 | 30 | — | 35 | 65 |
| 2022 | 365 | — | 135 | 500 |
| 2021 | 165 | — | 105 | 270 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 35 | 40 |
| 2019 | 155 | — | 35 | 190 |
| 2018 | 215 | — | 100 | 315 |
| 2017 | 30 | — | 20 | 50 |
| 2016 | 40 | — | 20 | 60 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 30 | 35 |
| 2014 | 220 | — | 15 | 235 |
| 2013 | 85 | — | 75 | 160 |
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 €501,744. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,140 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 49%
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
- €1,011
- Owning per month
- €2,114
57.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 96
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.2
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2002. The deepest began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −10.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population grew by 597 while 332 homes were finished: 1.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 1.8
- Population change, 2025
- +597
4.4% of the 38,220 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 4.4%
- Empty homes
- 1,680