Homes for sale in Rotterdam

• 229 m² living
• 246 m² plot
• 5 beds
• 8 rooms
• D energy

A 1917 townhouse of 229 m², five bedrooms, with the garden behind and most of the original detail still in place. The stairwell, the panelled doors and the tiled hallway are all as built. Reception rooms on the first floor with their mouldings; a kitchen at garden level that was replaced about fifteen years ago and is beginning to show it. Two bathrooms. This needs work — the label is D, the front windows are single-glazed and the electrics are older than they should be. There is damp at the base of the rear wall which the sellers have had looked at; the report is in the file and puts it down to a failed gutter rather than anything structural. Priced with all of that in mind. What you get for it is a building of a kind that is not made any more, on a street that has spent thirty years being written off and is finally getting its due.

• 137 m²
• 3 beds
• 4 rooms
• A energy

Penthouse on the Kop van Zuid with the river on one side and the city on the other. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 137 m², and a roof terrace that gets sun from noon until it goes down behind the Erasmusbrug. Built in 2021: label A, heat pump, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, and service charges that reflect a building with a lift and a concierge. Parking included. The view is the point. Come at dusk.

• 42 m²
• 1 bed
• 1 room
• A energy

42 m² on the Otto Reuchlinweg, built 2012. Label A, low charges, nothing outstanding to do. Rents easily and sells easily; a sensible first purchase or a straightforward buy-to-let.

• 210 m² living
• 540 m² plot
• 5 beds
• 7 rooms
• B energy

Elegant 1920s villa overlooking the lake, with a landscaped garden, original staircase and a renovated kitchen.

• 120 m² living
• 159 m² plot
• 3 beds
• 5 rooms
• C energy

Three bedrooms, 120 m², garden behind. Under offer. The year of construction is not recorded on file — somewhere in the late seventies, on the evidence of the brickwork and the window openings. Label C. Kitchen and bathroom were both done within the last decade.

• 62 m²
• 2 beds
• 3 rooms

A 1945 block that has worn better than most of its neighbours along the Straatweg. Two bedrooms, one bathroom, 62 m², balcony at the back, and a living room that takes the afternoon light. No energy label has been registered for this apartment; the seller is arranging one.

• 96 m²
• 3 beds
• 4 rooms
• C energy

Nothing here needs doing — built in 1999 and maintained ever since. 96 m², three bedrooms, balcony off the living room, label C. The village end of Hillegersberg is a short walk, the lakes are a little further, and the school run is manageable on foot.