Description
In a prime location in the center of Leiden, lies this quiet, well-maintained, and charming ground and upper floor apartment (built in 1915) featuring a modern open-plan kitchen with a cooking island, a spacious L-shaped living/dining room with underfloor heating, an adjoining study (easily converted into a bathroom or additional bedroom), double doors leading to the covered back garden (41 m²), ideally facing southwest, and a separate toilet with a wash basin all on the ground floor. A bedroom with landing both on the first and second floors is located at the rear.
Valdezstraat is a very quiet side street off Schelpenkade and will be completely renovated (including paving and new sewerage) by the end of October 2025. Here, you'll experience the benefits without the hassles of the city center. The apartment is located just outside the canal, in the quiet and child-friendly Tuinstadwijk neighborhood, right next to the charming shopping streets of Herenstraat and Doezastraat, with various specialty shops, restaurants, a local supermarket, hair salons, and more.
The city center is easily accessible on foot or by bike. Parks such as the Plantsoen and Cronesteyn Polder Park are also nearby. Several schools, daycare centers, and playgrounds are in the immediate vicinity. Leiden Lammenschans train station is a 5-minute bike ride away, and Leiden Central Station is 10-minute by bike. Major roads to the N11, A4, and A44 are just a few minutes away.
Leiden's historic city center is the second-largest in the Netherlands and is known for its rich history, featuring old canals, city gates, no fewer than 88 bridges, windmills, narrow alleyways, courtyards, a castle, Singelpark, museums, and much more. Here, you'll find all sorts of urban amenities in a compact area. And did you know that Leiden, after Amsterdam, has the most water flowing within its gates: a total of 28 kilometers of canals and moats? It's no wonder Leiden was ranked third among the most attractive cities to live in (Source: annual "Atlas for Municipalities" survey by research agency Atlas Research, May 2023).
Layout
Entrance hall with meter cupboard and storage room. Access door to a spacious, deep (approx. 12 m²), wide, and garden-facing living/dining room with underfloor heating. At the front is a modern L-shaped open-plan kitchen with a cooking island equipped with various (built-in) appliances, a dining area in the center, and the living area at the rear with an adjoining study/home office (which could easily be converted into a bathroom and/or extra bedroom) and French doors leading to the back garden. The sunny southwest-facing back garden features a cozy veranda. Through a hallway with a separate toilet and hand basin, you enter via fixed stairs to a bedroom with a landing on both the first and second floors at the rear.
Details
- Built in 1915
- Living area: 115 m²
- Other indoor space: 0 m²
- Building-related outdoor space: 0 m²
- External storage space: 0 m²
- Gross volume: 381 m³
- Energy label C
- Wall insulation, fully double-glazed
- Vaillant HR central heating boiler (2007)
- Protected townscape
- Exterior painting by a certified Roosendaal painting company from Zoeterwoude in April 2025
- Plastic window frames at the rear
- Sunny southwest-facing back garden
- The VvE Valdezstraat 4/4A in Leiden was registered with the Chamber of Commerce on May 31, 1991. The articles from the deed of division dated May 31, 1991, are applicable but have been suspended until now because both apartment rights are owned by the seller (minutes of the VvE meetings, including maintenance history and schedule indications, are available).
- Valdezstraat will be renovated at the end of October 2025; both paving and new sewerage will be installed.
- Delivery in consultation
Deed of Sale
- The age clause applies to homes older than 30 years.
- The asbestos clause applies to homes built before 1993.
