Schiedam · report
Renovation in Schiedam
In 2024, 50% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2024
- 50%
Homes finished in Schiedam, 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 | 60 | — | 60 | 120 |
| 2023 | 245 | — | 55 | 300 |
| 2022 | 250 | — | 160 | 410 |
| 2021 | 160 | — | 335 | 495 |
| 2020 | 285 | — | 40 | 325 |
| 2019 | 335 | — | 95 | 430 |
| 2018 | 175 | — | 60 | 235 |
| 2017 | 90 | — | 85 | 175 |
| 2016 | 60 | — | 35 | 95 |
| 2015 | 110 | — | 35 | 145 |
| 2014 | 90 | — | 60 | 150 |
| 2013 | 55 | — | 20 | 75 |
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 €339,590. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,449 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
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €810
- Owning per month
- €1,431
179.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 792
- Per 1,000 residents
- 9.6
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −15.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 60 months
In 2025 the population fell by 323 while 18 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 18
- Population change, 2025
- −323
5.3% of the 38,745 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.
- Empty, 2026
- 5.3%
- Empty homes
- 2,055